Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app

Post by klingonopera » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 5:40 PM UTC

sosoutre wrote: post #59

klingonopera wrote: post #5

If worst comes to worst, I hope there's satellite connectivity to HK. Or landlines not under Chinese jurisdiction. EDIT: To clarify, I'm concerned about what could happen if China cuts HK off from the Internet.

Seeing how well it’s working for Indoa in Kashmir, I”m surprised China hasn’t done it by now.

Post by jorgeribs » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 7:01 PM UTC

jay_kyburz wrote: post #74

rcw4256 wrote: post #67

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Apparently you need to fail verification a few times before it'll present the option. I kept giving it bogus phone numbers and eventually a "skip" button appeared.

I wouldn't trust an app where the first thing you have to do is navigate dark patterns.

Post by Izkata » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 11:06 PM UTC

mintplant wrote: post #16

frisco wrote: post #6

Super interesting. At Burning Man this year it seemed like a significant percent of the city had goTennas, which had never been true before. I also remember reading about a big mesh in Brooklyn being a thing recently. I bet we’re going to be hearing more about practical mesh networks in the coming years.

Reminds me of Nintendo's PictoChat, a peer-to-peer, physical proximity-based chat application that was built into the DS. I've written about it on here before [0]: > [You could] chat on one of four available channels with nearby users over local wireless, by exchanging text and hand-drawn pictures. > At about the peak of its popularity—right before smartphones became truly prevalent among kids my age—I was doing midd…

Post by elevenoh » Wed, Sep 04, 2019, 3:28 AM UTC

hesk wrote: post #186

Illniyar wrote: post #123

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You need to create a developer account, learn how to use xCode (not at all trivial), and even with all that you need to reinstall it every 7 days. Effectively sideloading does not exist. The fact that 0.001 percent of people who own an iPhone can, with great effort, sideload apps is irrelevant.

You don't need a developer account anymore to sideload apps on iOS.

Post by anigbrowl » Wed, Sep 04, 2019, 5:14 AM UTC

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Surprising given how easily defeatable it is for anyone sufficiently motivated.

The only "easily defeatable" method that I'm aware of is to make your call from somewhere you don't mind being bombed, make it from a place with multiple egress points, and to stay on the call for at most 90 seconds. Or put an optical repeater at your target (bombable) site and install a long run of fiber to your safe location, which you then have to abandon. Doesn't seem very practical to me.