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<p>There is always HF packet radio, that's about as
infrastructure-less peer-to-peer as you get. Linux has built in
support for AX.25 too. It'll be slow but if you are just trying
to get messages out, it should do the job. It is illegal to
transmit encrypted data if you are a licensed amateur radio
operator, however in a situation like that I imagine following
transmission rules isn't really a top priority, just don't xmit
from the same place for too long as if you attract the attention
of the authorities they will be able to find your location by
triangulation.<br>
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<div dir="auto">This was a pretty interesting read. VPNs for
encrypting traffic so your carrier can't see seem to be
becoming more and more important these days, with protests
going on around the world, many with less publicity than what
we're seeing in the States for instance. I personally hadn't
heard of this particular incident in Belarus until today.<br>
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It makes me wonder what options there are out there for pure
peer to peer communication. Right now practically everything I
can think of relies on some infrastructure that the government
would have it's hand in, from instant messaging apps going
over the general internet to sms somewhat skipping the
internet step but still using the phone infrastructure. Is
there any Bluetooth based chat apps for instance? Or something
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<div>I apologize if this is a bit political, but there's
some good background info to the internet black out in
Belarus, and how the citizens hot wired it back in this
article:</div>
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