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Re:Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store by tanilama on Thursday October 03, 2019 @01:43AM (#21144073)
The government can just take the internet down for the protest area.

There is only that far technology can go.

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Re:Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store by Tinfoilhat666 on Thursday October 03, 2019 @04:03AM (#21144716)
The protesters are using bluetooth mesh apps like Bridgefy and firechat to share data even if internet is down.
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Re:Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store by Eldt on Thursday October 03, 2019 @04:15AM (#21144778)
It has to hit the wider internet somehow...
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Re:Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store by antihero on Thursday October 03, 2019 @07:00AM (#21145609)
Surely the mesh can have edge nodes that are online?
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Re:Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store by Eldt on Thursday October 03, 2019 @04:17AM (#21144787)
Oh, I now realise you're talking about their local communication
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