Awala: The computer network on which humankind can rely
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Re: Awala: The computer network on which humankind can rely
#2Even after reading the technical explanation I don't understand how such a network would be useful or who the couriers are and how they actually deliver the cargo... Or why that's desirable over just caching the messages until the internet is available again. And what about reliability? How long does cargo take to get to its destination? How often does it actually make it there?
Re: Awala: The computer network on which humankind can rely
#3how would this work in jurastictions that are likely to jail you for transporting information across borders like say the great firewall of china etc.
I would expect that just having the app installed would get you some quiet time in a small room.
Re: Awala: The computer network on which humankind can rely
#4Even after reading the technical explanation I don't understand how such a network would be useful or who the couriers are and how they actually deliver the cargo... Or why that's desirable over just caching the messages until the internet is available again. And what about reliability? How long does cargo take to get to its destination? How often does it actually make it there?
They simplified the explanation a bit too much in some places and lost details in the process.
I think this is the kind of connectivity that works in places with no other connection, like a village on top of a mountain, an area with long term power outage, places where internet is censored, etc. Some of these cases come with a risk to the courier. The couriers could be for example the regular buses connecting that place to a hub with internet connection. The equipment on the bus "caches" your requests or replies, takes them to the connection hub where it picks up whatever comes back.
Re: Awala: The computer network on which humankind can rely
#5This is more of an anti-censorship thing. Most useful in areas where somebody turns off the Internet for political reasons.
A really reliable low-bandwidth emergency network would be more useful. Something that forwards short text messages via phone to phone WiFi until they reach some place with more connectivity would be helpful in emergencies.
Re: Awala: The computer network on which humankind can rely
#6how would this work in jurastictions that are likely to jail you for transporting information across borders like say the great firewall of china etc. I would expect that just having the app installed would get you some quiet time in a small room.
But for that, just what you communicate would be checked and why communicate…
Re: Awala: The computer network on which humankind can rely
#7Well, hello there Richard Hendricks! ;)
Re: Awala: The computer network on which humankind can rely
#8>Behind the scenes, your Awala app connects to an Internet gateway, which is a server that acts as a bridge between your device and the rest of Awala on the Internet.
It's literally just a proxy.
Re: Awala: The computer network on which humankind can rely
#9how would this work in jurastictions that are likely to jail you for transporting information across borders like say the great firewall of china etc. I would expect that just having the app installed would get you some quiet time in a small room.
China is very special case of totalitarianism with low entropy, but most other totalitarianism cases have low entropy only in capital City, and extremely corrupted outside capital, especially on borders.
This is don't mean that you could run across border on station wagon filled with prohibited content, but somebody could hide something like microSD in clothes.
Exists paradox - people usually thinking, jails have very strong and serious security system so inside there should be sterile environment without anything prohibited, but in reality usually there exist black market of prohibited things.
Re: Awala: The computer network on which humankind can rely
#10Well, hello there Richard Hendricks! ;)
Author of Awala here! You have no idea how much my friends tease me with that! :)