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meshtastic should just be built into smartphones (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 weeks ago by shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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I mean, your smartphone already knows how to talk on 600 megahertz, 700 megahertz, 800 megahertz, 1.7 gigahertz, 1.9 gigahertz, 2.1 gigahertz, 2.4 gigahertz, 3 gigahertz, 5 gigahertz, 6 gigahertz, etc. I see absolutely no reason it would be unable to talk on 915 megahertz.

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

At least from what I can tell, Briar does not seem to be a very well-designed application. As it seems more like it's a decentralized social media almost rather than a messaging app.

[–] Goun@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm just learning about, but their website saying it connects through "[...] Wi-Fi or Tor" left me a bit upset.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

The way I understand it is that it can connect to local devices with Bluetooth. It can connect to local devices on the same Wi-Fi network or it can connect over the internet using Tor. What it seems like meshtastic has over Briar is the fact that LORA is much longer range than Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.