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Re:How Iranian diaspora is using old-school tech to fight in... by Heronymus_Anon on Saturday September 26, 2020 @05:27AM (#24597498)
Reminds me of the cuban sneakernet "el paquete semanal". Should be possible to use sticks and sdcards that are passed around for quite async very slow encrypted communication or messaging boards. Devices like the LoRa QWERTY Messenger by Scott Powell or one of the LoRa extensions for smartphones people are building, could be useful for communication, too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet

https://hackaday.io/project/174019-lora-qwerty-messenger

I once read something about a system people were using in remote african villages to sync data via usb sticks but i can't find it.

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Re:How Iranian diaspora is using old-school tech to fight in... by bronco21016 on Saturday September 26, 2020 @08:19AM (#24598254)
I really like the idea of the LoRa devices. However, I worry about them drawing attention to users and causing further issues. An oppressive government will eventually realize they are in use and start tracking down their locations.

What type of measures could be done to limit attributing the LoRa device to individual users?

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Re:How Iranian diaspora is using old-school tech to fight in... by 082349872349872 on Saturday September 26, 2020 @06:29AM (#24597725)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23790052 was serious.

TIL the idea of hilarity ensuing via TEU abuse was not innovative: https://www.darpa.mil/program/tactically-expandable-maritime...

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