In 2016, we started running the messenger review series on decentralize.today since we anticipated how significant they would become in the mix of communication options and the impact on privacy.
In 2016, we started running the messenger review series on decentralize.today since we anticipated how significant they would become in the mix of communication options and the impact on privacy.
I ran it for a bit a few years ago when I had very bad internet on holiday - I could never get it working. It hogged all my battery for ages and couldn’t send a message to my gf who was right next to me.
IMO the way for mesh messaging tech to gain a foothold is by being useful when there’s a bunch of people in a location where there’s no internet, so they should be targeted at those people first:
Then build a public mesh that has utility, not this crazy one-hop fundamentalism but something that actually works.
Your criticism is based upon an experience from ‘a few years ago’. Maybe give the latest build a try.
You just described what Briar is designed to do: multi-hop over WiFi and Bluetooth.
https://briarproject.org/how-it-works/
I tested it out a few months ago on Android and it worked really well. Tested it out with bluetooth as well as with an internet connection.