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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 niemandhier »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #39
budududuroiu wrote: post #8

Seeing Jack committing to this repo is kinda wild to me. I also wish I had fuck-you money and could spend my day engrossed in whatever I find interesting

> wish I had fuck-you money and could spend my day engrossed in whatever I find interesting A good mental exercise is to calculate how much you'd need to survive indefinitely in a pocket of rural America or the third world. No international travel. No bells and whistles. Limited cuisine. But survival and leisure unlimited. When I've run the numbers for a comforable living, they've come to $300k (Vietnam, $12k/y) to $…

Coll idea. One thing: This numbers exclude healthcare costs as you get older this gets more expensive.

For countries with free healthcare, it is usually limited to people working there or citizens and ( in the German case ) recognised refugees.

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

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Post by melting_snow »

Almondsetat wrote: post #41
melting_snow wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Im not saying that those are the only use cases, but I really see that there multiple other apps that make the "normal" communication much easier.

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

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Post by cedws »

boozelclark wrote: post #37

This is an interesting enhancement using Meshtastic to expand the range of bitchat https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/discussions/7542

My fantasy is a P2P network that people can use from their everyday devices. The internet is becoming far too controlled, we need an alternative that is harder to monitor and censor.

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

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Post by card_zero »

littlecranky67 wrote: post #49
card_zero wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I suppose the community around a product is also a reason to bring up an influential character's character. You can't fork the community, only fragment it. "I don't want to join a club with that guy in it" is a time when an ad hominem becomes a valid argument.

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

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Post by bcraven »

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.

Back in the 2010s I used the 'Notes' applications to send messages via Bluetooth on my Sony Ericsson to chat with a girl in the next bunk.

There was no signal in the remote Irish hostel so it was the perfect way to send messages covertly in the dormitory.

Fun night!

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

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Post by sgt »

behnamoh wrote: post #21
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.

In Iran right now... Internet shut down while the regime keeps slaughtering people at the order of 4x9/11.

I think you need to try to get MUCH more video and photo footage out. I heard thousands have been killed.

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

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Post by sgt »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #39
budududuroiu wrote: post #8

Seeing Jack committing to this repo is kinda wild to me. I also wish I had fuck-you money and could spend my day engrossed in whatever I find interesting

> wish I had fuck-you money and could spend my day engrossed in whatever I find interesting A good mental exercise is to calculate how much you'd need to survive indefinitely in a pocket of rural America or the third world. No international travel. No bells and whistles. Limited cuisine. But survival and leisure unlimited. When I've run the numbers for a comforable living, they've come to $300k (Vietnam, $12k/y) to $…

WV is probably heavily underrated. Such a beautiful part of the US.
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