Very true in peace time, but it's in clear and easily traceable which makes it dangerous in war time; also there's little development in encryption over HAM/CB since it's illegal pretty much everywhere; encryption devices can be added externally, although for the above reason they're not immediately available at the next radio shop. Moreover, nowadays military forces can pinpoint immediately the source of a rogue transmission by measuring the phase delay of a signal on multiple fixed antennas, that is, they don't have to waste time while pointing directional antennas around to find the direction; therefore you push the PTT and after a fraction of second they have your location on the map. Now I'm not sure the Russians have this infrastructure in place in Ukraine, but they could if they wanted.
Re:Secure messengers in war time
by CameronNemo on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @09:10PM
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Briar is encrypted, p2p, goes over Bluetooth.
Note that Briar's darknet nature makes it not have a shared/social store-and-forward system.
However, it does exchange messages with contacts whenever possible, recently added a file-based message transfer method (think dead-drop USB/microSD), and gossips message DAGs in forums and group chats (forums lack a leader; groups chat leaders can kick a member out but have to personally invite every member).
Re:Secure messengers in war time
by squarefoot on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @04:08AM
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> Radio - CB/ham/amateur radio in particular - requires no infrastructure and is far more expensive to block than the internet.
Re:Secure messengers in war time
by LeoPanthera on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @03:51PM
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This is no worse than a cellular signal which can be located just as easily, surely.
Ukraine, like countries often do during war, has temporarily banned amateur radio activity: http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-in-ukraine-ordered-of...
In times of war, internet service is likely to be unreliable. Are there any messengers that support a mesh-based store-and-forward model, that do not require an internet connection?
I think it's also worth thinking outside of the digital box. Radio - CB/ham/amateur radio in particular - requires no infrastructure and is far more expensive to block than the internet.