Comment on Iran's internet shutdown is chillingly precise and may last some timeparentComments−femto8moThere are a number of projects that do this, using mobile phones to form ad hoc / mesh networks.https://www.open-mesh.org/https://briarproject.org/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone_ad_hoc_networkThe original but now defunct?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serval_Project−lcnPylGDnU4H9OF8mohttps://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchatSeems similar to Briar but it has an iOS client.−stogot8moI assume that these are blocked by sanction-following CDN firewalls? The first link paused to “check if I’m a bot” and I’m sure they check if I’m from Iran too
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There are a number of projects that do this, using mobile phones to form ad hoc / mesh networks.
https://www.open-mesh.org/
https://briarproject.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone_ad_hoc_network
The original but now defunct?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serval_Project
https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat
Seems similar to Briar but it has an iOS client.
I assume that these are blocked by sanction-following CDN firewalls? The first link paused to “check if I’m a bot” and I’m sure they check if I’m from Iran too