Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey

Post by ajsnigrutin » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 1:31 AM UTC

m463 wrote: post #206

iambenm wrote: post #17

India is pretty serious about being able to monitor all communications after the terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008. The terrorists used satellite phones to coordinate the attack. As a result, they banned most satellite communication devices. I learned about this earlier this year because I had a connecting flight through India on the way to go trekking in the Himalayas. I had planned to take a Garmin inReach with me,…

Japan has no trash cans. (reaction to the japanese subway attacks) Returning to the US from japan you notice. Japanese bathrooms don't have trash cans, so no paper towels. In the US, the bathrooms have trash cans overflowing with paper towel waste and it is quite a difference.

Post by slopinthebag » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 1:48 AM UTC

palmotea wrote: post #236

tavavex wrote: post #166

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I wonder how long it's going to take until we have universal communication monitoring, including in real life. It's not an impossible technical challenge, it's just a question of time. Every spoken word recorded forever and scrutinized. After all forms of distant private communication fall, the spoken word will be the last one remaining. And all these arguments they're making apply to it, too.

> I wonder how long it's going to take until we have universal communication monitoring, including in real life. It's not an impossible technical challenge, it's just a question of time. Every spoken word recorded forever and scrutinized. After all forms of distant private communication fall, the spoken word will be the last one remaining. And all these arguments they're making apply to it, too. There's a lot that sc…

Post by justthehuman » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 2:12 AM UTC

aeternum wrote: post #242

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But that did save lives; I was able to know my family had Covid before the symptoms showed up. Happened with a lot of other people too.

Indeed, and it would have saved far more lives if leveraged the app to have hazmat crews come in a forcibly carry the infected to quarantine zones.

Post by tehlike » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 2:18 AM UTC

thenthenthen wrote: post #66

jdoss wrote: post #11

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I was thinking the same thing. We do need more. I set up a Meshtastic node at the house and joined https://chicagolandmesh.org/ which has been a fantastic community for beginners in mesh based comms.

Question, what do you do with the network?

Post by mlmonkey » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 2:50 AM UTC

viktorcode wrote: post #76

> the app enables communication even during network restrictions and creates a substantial risk of misuse by anti-national elements, terrorist organisations, organised criminal groups and cyber criminals seeking to evade lawful detection and continue communication despite legally imposed restrictions. This mouthful boils down to exactly this: a form of communication not controlled by the government creates a risk for…