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A connectivity blackout means people cannot contact friends, family or even ambulances to help the injured.

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[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 27 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Are there internet-like protocols where you can daisy chain transmission of text and pictures from device to device over WiFi or Bluetooth? Seems like we see these situations pop up fairly frequently and there would be some value in being able to spread communications that way without an ISP.

[–] TheButtonJustSpins 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Briar can do this. One of the coolest things about it is that you can also share the app directly once you have it downloaded, so you only need one person to have it beforehand.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 9 points 2 years ago

Nice, downloaded

[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago
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