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petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 week agoYeah, xmpp is a great protocol, but everyone needs to be in the vicinity of the server
I'm also thinking about the possibility of blocking/hijacking the network by the law enforcement forces. If every device is also a node connecting to each other, they can be more hardly taken down I think.
meshtastic
I'm not so familiar with meshtastic, but wouldn't be more helpful to have something that actually runs on people's phones instead of having a separate device? I mean, as you said, everyone has phones, and with something like the Ripple app (or any other panic button app) you could hide the app or clear its data (or you could do it manually). With meshtastic, in the event of a search, I think you would be more suspicious, I think.
JillyB@beehaw.org 6 days ago
I’m not that knowledgeable about this stuff but I think meshtastic would have better range due to running over lora. That’s the whole reason you need a separate radio for the communication to a node. Also the nodes require very little power. You can set up one with a small solar cell for cheap and just leave it somewhere. Black Flag Civilian and Benn Jordan both have plans to make your own nodes. There are plenty of others out there.