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Are LoRa networks a way around the surveillance state? (lemmy.world)
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I’ve recently discovered meshtastic and related tech. With the trust vacuum around cell phones and data scraping and tracking etc, I basically assume the government et al can see what’s up on my iphone constantly.

For interpersonal communication regarding civil disobedience, protest, resistance etc-- do LoRa devices offer an actual solution? or am I very mistaken?

I’m posting from a laptop that I converted to Linux (not tech savvy so that was a project) from behind a VPN- genuinely looking to hear from smarter people than me regarding privacy and secure communication

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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

There is always the option for gorilla node deployment. They need very little power, so solar etc is an option, and the hardware is relatively cheap.

A cheap drone could easily place nodes in hard to reach locations e.g. top of telephone poles. You now have an anonymous node that is trivial to connect to but harder to disable.

It's far from perfect, but a good option.

I also now have the image of a node built into a drone. Then it bolting, like a startled sparrow, when they try to remove it...