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We all know Signal, Matrix, Telegram, SimpleX, etc... But if you can't access the internet you can't communicate. Pretty logic. But would it be possible, at least theoretically, to create an app that permits to message people even if the internet goes down?

It might be a dumb question I really have no idea to be honest.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Besides the already mentioned Briar, there's Berty, can't speak to its quality since I never used it, but I always found the project neat in and of itself

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

yes, a lot of people were using those kinds of apps during the free hong kong protests, they go from device-to-device with no internet in between.

No idea what the app is called, but apps like those exist

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I mean this is a terrible answer, but DS pictochat fits that

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

No joke, I was talking about this recently. I feel like niche groups (me included) are just going full-circle back to the DS days

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The first thing that comes to mind is Meshtastic: https://meshtastic.org/

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago
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