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A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth

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Re: A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth

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Post by Almondsetat »

melting_snow wrote: post #12
maqp wrote: post #9

Could someone please explain in what situation do you use a BlueTooth messaging app? Like, even BT5 range won't exceed 400 meters. What good is this? You're not going to send images to journalists from protests with it (you'd do wisely to keep it in airplane mode until you get home and then you'd upload them to their securedrop or whatever), and you don't need off-band security to let the kids know it's dinner time.

I see two use cases: * Communication between protestors * Illegal activities, but here I can imagine that bluetooth range is too small

This is simply an app that allows to communicate through bluetooth locally. Why are you saying its only two use cases are protesting and criminals?

Re: A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth

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Post by marliechiller »

nly wrote: post #33
zenmac wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of these bluetooth messaging app was made by a developer who was on a cruise ship with family, and the Internet over satellite costs an arm and leg. So he wrote an app to communicate with his families over bluetooth. Also why would one want to have the data go over some servers thousands miles away when the device is right next to you? Seems like bluetooth is the perfect way to communicate for devices that are cl…

It's a cruiseship. Your family are at the nearest bar. Just get off your ass and go and give them the message.

This seems a bit reductive. You could use this argument for any small town

Re: A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth

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Post by plasticeagle »

maqp wrote: post #10
gloxkiqcza wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There’s no app for Apple platforms making it a lot less useful.

That's probably because AFAIK Apple doesn't allow process forking, making any Tor-based messenger almost impossible to run as Tor would have to run as part of the main thread.

This is entirely false, Apple allows the use of threads in their applications.

Re: A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth

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Post by utopiah »

gloxkiqcza wrote: post #6
jagermo wrote: post #3

I don't know. I do not like Jack Dorey's involvement. Not a big fan of his. I'd rather use Briar ( https://briarproject.org/ )

There’s no app for Apple platforms making it a lot less useful.

True but I assume Apple users understand they exclude themselves by demanding a "benevolent dictator" insuring they are "safe".

Re: A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth

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Post by cheema33 »

nly wrote: post #33
zenmac wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of these bluetooth messaging app was made by a developer who was on a cruise ship with family, and the Internet over satellite costs an arm and leg. So he wrote an app to communicate with his families over bluetooth. Also why would one want to have the data go over some servers thousands miles away when the device is right next to you? Seems like bluetooth is the perfect way to communicate for devices that are cl…

It's a cruiseship. Your family are at the nearest bar. Just get off your ass and go and give them the message.

> Just get off your ass and go and give them the message...

If I need to have all 4 members of the family meet me at the pool, first I need to go find each one of them. They could all be at different place. And then tell them individually to meet me at the pool? Is that the better solution you are proposing?

Re: A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth

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Post by card_zero »

littlecranky67 wrote: post #34
bariswheel wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed, it's immature to disclose an opinion without being forthcoming and add some objective rationale behind a bold conclusion as disliking an entire person. It may be something they said, or did, getting specific would help, ideally something that is relevant to the original thread. It's not entirely helpful and potentially a negative impact to just imply you don't like someone. Do what you want obviously, that's…

It is a disease of modern (social) media and personal branding. People also now broadly think that an ad-hominem (attacking the person behind an argument, not the argument) is good argumentative style. I don't know about Jack Dorsey other then he founded twitter, and I don't care much about him. If there is a product, I will evaluate that product by my catalogue, not whether I like or dislike a person.

But the person controls the product, and the product will continue to develop, so the person's character is relevant to the quality of the product.

Re: A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth

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Post by littlecranky67 »

card_zero wrote: post #46
littlecranky67 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is a disease of modern (social) media and personal branding. People also now broadly think that an ad-hominem (attacking the person behind an argument, not the argument) is good argumentative style. I don't know about Jack Dorsey other then he founded twitter, and I don't care much about him. If there is a product, I will evaluate that product by my catalogue, not whether I like or dislike a person.

But the person controls the product, and the product will continue to develop, so the person's character is relevant to the quality of the product.

You are making assumptions about a future that hasn't happened yet. It is open-source, so whatever move the person might do in the future, you can fork it anytime.

Re: A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth

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Post by [deleted] »

nly wrote: post #33
zenmac wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of these bluetooth messaging app was made by a developer who was on a cruise ship with family, and the Internet over satellite costs an arm and leg. So he wrote an app to communicate with his families over bluetooth. Also why would one want to have the data go over some servers thousands miles away when the device is right next to you? Seems like bluetooth is the perfect way to communicate for devices that are cl…

It's a cruiseship. Your family are at the nearest bar. Just get off your ass and go and give them the message.

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