Hi, I was thinking maybe Briar could be used in education environments for people who live in zones with bad phone signal, in very remote parts.

Since people can connect though a wifi network (maybe not connected to the internet?) is it possible for tens of people to communicate if they connect to the Wifi network from a router? That might be usefull.

What do you think? I haven’t used Briar because I don’t really have someone to talk with, so for now I’m talking to myself on different devices to try it out.

  • borZ0 the t1r3D b3aR@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I believe you’re correct there. A smaller group could also connect via Bluetooth. My understanding of the functionality, as far as a rural or remote community goes, is that everyone joins together in the app and as people create content via chat/forum/blog, the app connects and updates that information as people get close enough in proximity to connect individually with each other via wifi or Bluetooth. So if person A comes in from their farm and sits down at the cafe and they belong to a group(s) with person B who’s already there, person B ends up sharing all the updated data in the app with person A who can then contribute their own information that anyone in the cafe that’s connected will get and then be able to update those they come in contact with. …at least I think that’s how it works.