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Re:Nomad, communicate off-grid mesh, forward secrecy and ext... by mmwelt on Friday August 16, 2024 @03:17AM (#41263938)
The concept is interesting, but a problem is communicating with others who use iOS/iPadOS devices. They typically can't use this kind of app, because of limitations imposed by the OS[1]. Then, because of networking effects, it becomes very difficult for most people to use.

[1] https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/685525

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Re:Nomad, communicate off-grid mesh, forward secrecy and ext... by LinuxinaBIt on Friday August 16, 2024 @07:47AM (#41265454)
Sideband, another LXMF/Reticulum client, has an IOS beta here: https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum/discussions/307 (currently the TestFlight link is https://testflight.apple.com/join/ftgW9n0Z but that might change in the future).

Of course it has issues running the in the background, but there are possible solutions to this, like having Reticulum run entirely on an RNode, and it is being worked on somewhat actively.

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