How can tools like these help Ukrainians to stay connected and coordinate? Especially when there is no internet connection.
Do we have tools that could be useful in the fight against misinformation in Russia?
How can tools like these help Ukrainians to stay connected and coordinate? Especially when there is no internet connection.
Do we have tools that could be useful in the fight against misinformation in Russia?
There is Jami which works peer to peer, and SSB which is a gossip protocol.
But if there is no internet connection, I don’t know how you can install them in the first place.
If you have an internet connection at the moment and a couple of laptops nearby with GNU+Linux (I know this situation is rare when a war is going on), you could use something like naxalnet (disclaimer: I made it) or read the awesome mesh for starting a mesh network.
Also, if you use a phone, see the Guardian Project’s website which might help you.
Basically, your chances of connecting with people in such a situation is very low, since only privileged people own multiple laptops or phones, and most privileged people might have left the country before or when the war started (correct me if I am wrong, I don’t know much about the situation)
I would avoid any wireless network, at least for people near hostilities. If you’re transmitting RF, your location can be detected quite easily. Depending on who notices, that could get you bomb to the face.