John Goerzen
Tools that work #Offline with #NoInternet
You can get portable satellite communicators that can send SMS from anywhere on earth with a clear view of the sky. #Garmin #InReach and #Zoleo are two credible options. These have subscriptions ranging from about $10 to $40/mo depending on how heavily they're used, and also have SOS features. 7/
federico
@jgoerzen It's a pity that Briar, Meshtastic, Scuttlebutt & co bundle together a protocol, a UI and a fixed set of use-cases. I feel we need an ecosystem of similar tools but with shared protocols and libraries.
John Goerzen
An addendum - if you have a phone line and #modem, #UUCP can get through just about anything. #ZModem too. These older protocols lack modern security themselves, but will deal with slow and noisy #serial links well. #XBee SX radios provide a serial link they can use.
John Goerzen
I have a new post on my blog: Tools for Communicating #Offline and in Difficult Circumstances. It condenses ideas discussed in this thread. https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10356-tools-for-communicating-offline-and-in-difficult-circumstances
John Goerzen
Tools that work #Offline with #NoInternet
I have written about most of these on my blog, https://changelog.complete.org/ and my website, https://www.complete.org/ . Search there, or ask me here, for more.
What others would you recommend?
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John Goerzen
Tools that work #Offline with #NoInternet
I was thinking of #Ukraine when I started this thread as communications infrastructure has been targeted there. But these ideas apply to anyone, anywhere.
One final parting comment: FRS/GMRS radios are cheap and effective for short-range voice communications. Don't forget simple things!
All the best to our Ukrainian friends. May there be days of peace and joy in your future.
/end
John Goerzen
@Hyolobrika 5) I choose to use an instance with a strong code of conduct. It has resulted in a very positive Mastodon experience for me. https://floss.social/about/more#our-standards
Again, since I know nothing about what instance it was from, or why that instance was blocked by floss.social, I can't comment. I can just say, I stand with anybody that stands for liberty and peace for #Ukraine, including both Ukrainians and Russians.
John Goerzen
@Hyolobrika continued/ 4) I don't know what instance that was from, but I can tell you that in the past day, I observed racist misinformation from supporters of Putin, which I reported as such. That the admin of this instance chooses not to federate with instances full of racist genocide deniers is a feature.
Anyone can run a Mastodon instance, and anyone can choose who to federate with. This is not censorship; it is choice. People can say what they want, and choose who to interact with.
Hyolobrika
@jgoerzen From an instance that your admin doesn't want you to hear from.
John Goerzen
@Hyolobrika So several responses to this. 1) I lack knowledge of how Russian #censorship works, so I am unqualified to talk about getting past the Great Firewall of Russia. 2) There is a great deal of state-sponsored Russian trolling on the Internet, which has no place on Mastodon. 3) I am completely well aware that this action was taken by the rich and powerful of Russia, and one of the great hopes for ending this bloodshed is for regular Russians to rise up, and we need to support this.
Tim Lavoie
@jgoerzen
Cool post, thanks!
As someone living in a relatively rural area with iffy connectivity/cell service, I've wondered about some of these things.
Syncthing + NNCP looks promising, I'd been thinking along UUCP lines from my modem days.
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