FireChat messaging app unites China and Taiwan in free speech
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Re: FireChat messaging app unites China and Taiwan in free speech
#2I wonder if this app has more capacity than Twitter to start and sustain revolutions.
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#3I immediately looked up if android has the same functionality. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19067794/ios-7-multipeer-... sadly it does not
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#4Open Garden's new FireChat tool is superb.
Just what the Taiwan / China doctor ordered. 台湾中国和自由 -- 加油！
Re: FireChat messaging app unites China and Taiwan in free speech
#5I immediately looked up if android has the same functionality. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19067794/ios-7-multipeer-... sadly it does not
Yes it has, and it's far better:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.servalproj...
Advantages:
- It's working in a mesh setting (although I don't see anything preventing FireChat to do the same) - It's based on a protocol named batman, which is a cool name - It's open source
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#6I don't get it. Since the range is so low, at the point that you're close enough to chat via p2p, wouldn't it just be easier to actually talk? Or am I missing something?
Re: FireChat messaging app unites China and Taiwan in free speech
#7I don't get it. Since the range is so low, at the point that you're close enough to chat via p2p, wouldn't it just be easier to actually talk? Or am I missing something?
The promise of multipeer connectivity is that each additional node can potentially increase the network. So for Alice, who is in range of Bob but not Cathy, can talk to Cathy is Bob is in range of Cathy.
Re: FireChat messaging app unites China and Taiwan in free speech
#8I immediately looked up if android has the same functionality. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19067794/ios-7-multipeer-... sadly it does not
Yes it has, and it's far better: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.servalproj... Advantages: - It's working in a mesh setting (although I don't see anything preventing FireChat to do the same) - It's based on a protocol named batman, which is a cool name - It's open source
This is just an app, it doesn't indicate what networking capabilities are built into the OS.
Re: FireChat messaging app unites China and Taiwan in free speech
#9I don't get it. Since the range is so low, at the point that you're close enough to chat via p2p, wouldn't it just be easier to actually talk? Or am I missing something?
The promise of multipeer connectivity is that each additional node can potentially increase the network. So for Alice, who is in range of Bob but not Cathy, can talk to Cathy is Bob is in range of Cathy.
Is it possible to map the network? How locationally anonymous are the participants?
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#10Hey, libertarian "hackers"! If you actually want to make a difference stop messing with cryptocurrencies and make P2P networked chat. This is the kind of thing actually oppressed people need. Cryptocurrency is basically just cash without any of the regulatory benefits anyway. P2P networked chat is actually subversive stuff.