# Question about using Delta Chat with Iran email serivces **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [November 17, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/question-about-using-delta-chat-with-iran-email-serivces/2302 "2022-11-17T15:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Raiden](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/raiden/32/2544_2.png) [@Raiden](https://support.delta.chat/u/Raiden)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/question-about-using-delta-chat-with-iran-email-serivces/2302/2 "2022-11-17T19:06:16Z")
Hello 👋, I’m not a developer and can’t say much about security. But last year there was a similar question. Maybe the posts there will help you. Thread: > [@Military coup in Burma -- could Deltachat help?](https://support.delta.chat/t/military-coup-in-burma-could-deltachat-help/1418): > > "Burmese here would like to chime in. I couldn’t get anybody to install Signal this morning because military raided offices of every offices of major ISP and disabled calling, sms, cellular internet and since signal relied on sms to activate, i couldn’t activate it. Now that they successfully done the coup, they’ve reopened calling, sms and cellular internet on military owned ISP (who literally openly spies on users) and state-owned ISP, which is now in control by military and even soldiers can … Especially this post: > [@Military coup in Burma -- could Deltachat help?](https://support.delta.chat/t/military-coup-in-burma-could-deltachat-help/1418/3): > > Trying to answer the original question - should “they might be reading your messages and arrest us all if you don’t switch messengers” not be enough? What I can help more with maybe is a comparison of messengers for your use case. Much of it might be shaped by my personal opinion, of course(!). You may also want to ask other people. I think that the most important thing is to switch away from SMS. If you have more questions, just ask. My advice: use DeltaChat with an email provider (that’s wh… Additional Information: > [@Security goals of Delta Chat](https://support.delta.chat/t/security-goals-of-delta-chat/999/2): > > Hey @Tao thanks for asking these questions! It would be cool to have a Delta Chat security whitepaper … hum … Here are some drafts for parts of chapters from my side, please bear with me if it’s not a full discussion … Security perspectives in messaging “security” is a large and emotionally charged topic with many perspectives and approaches. Already with at-risk users we remind ourselves that security is about social user outcomes – do people land in jail, can authorities identify a whole s… --- _[View the full topic](https://support.delta.chat/t/question-about-using-delta-chat-with-iran-email-serivces/2302)._