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The ‘Network of Web Trees’ in Gaza

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Re: The ‘Network of Web Trees’ in Gaza

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Post by rl3 »

solarpunk wrote: post #5

this is pretty neat, reminds me of cuba's meshnet system. i was wondering how all the efforts to buy gazan's eSIMs was going, this seems to be one of the results.

>i was wondering how all the efforts to buy gazan's eSIMs was going, this seems to be one of the results.

The eSIM stuff terrifies me, because you know damn well they're feeding that data into their intelligence apparatus for targeting purposes, and recent history has shown thus far that they don't give much of a shit about collateral damage.

I highly suspect that nearby cellular activity increases the chances of being injured or killed by an airstrike.

Re: The ‘Network of Web Trees’ in Gaza

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Post by aspenmayer »

solarpunk wrote: post #5

this is pretty neat, reminds me of cuba's meshnet system. i was wondering how all the efforts to buy gazan's eSIMs was going, this seems to be one of the results.

> cuba's meshnet system

Related:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paquete_Semanal

https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-cuban-cdn/

Re: The ‘Network of Web Trees’ in Gaza

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Post by localfirst »

I wonder if something like this will become more prolific sort of like the rise of private gated suburban cities that has their own unrestricted internet jurisdiction vs the public facilities that overtime become ghettos with their own web trees capable of evading surveillance (by the group that wakes up every morning worried about losing it all to the people outside the fence).

Often wars are frontiers for societal shifts that arises from new technological inventions/adaptations. What we are seeing in Gaza very may well become a reality in the West in the future: a divorce of a globally connected world into its own islands that can only be accessed via physical proximity or like in my earlier example, socioeconomic class, even by ethnicity.

Re: The ‘Network of Web Trees’ in Gaza

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Post by aspenmayer »

rl3 wrote: post #21
solarpunk wrote: post #5

this is pretty neat, reminds me of cuba's meshnet system. i was wondering how all the efforts to buy gazan's eSIMs was going, this seems to be one of the results.

> i was wondering how all the efforts to buy gazan's eSIMs was going, this seems to be one of the results. The eSIM stuff terrifies me, because you know damn well they're feeding that data into their intelligence apparatus for targeting purposes, and recent history has shown thus far that they don't give much of a shit about collateral damage. I highly suspect that nearby cellular activity increases the chances of be…

Some eSIM resources for you and the group:

Anonymous eSIM with no KYC

https://silent.link/

Anatomy of the eSIM profile

https://media.ccc.de/v/osmodevcon2024-174-anatomy-of-the-esi...

Exploring eUICCs and eSIMS using pySim, lpac and osmo-smdpp

https://media.ccc.de/v/osmodevcall-20240117-laforce-euicc-es...

A Look at eSIMs and Number Hijacking

https://intel471.com/blog/a-look-at-esims-and-number-hijacki...

Re: The ‘Network of Web Trees’ in Gaza

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Post by Pfhortune »

aspenmayer wrote: post #23
solarpunk wrote: post #5

this is pretty neat, reminds me of cuba's meshnet system. i was wondering how all the efforts to buy gazan's eSIMs was going, this seems to be one of the results.

> cuba's meshnet system Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paquete_Semanal https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-cuban-cdn/

Amazing stuff. Thank you for sharing! I think Cuba is ahead of the curve here, considering the direction the internet is going these days WRT encroaching censorship and media availability issues.

Re: The ‘Network of Web Trees’ in Gaza

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Post by hiddencost »

throw0320 wrote: post #28

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I mean Israel should withdraw, sign the peace deal to get the hostages free, send Netanyahu and Gallant to the ICJ, and pay reparations to rebuild Gaza.

That can take a 3% discount, for the October 7 attacks, given that they've taken at least 30 civilian lives for every one they lost.

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