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[–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Both projects are very early in their design and have a long way to go.

Recent events have made them popular as an alternative to cell phones, but it's premature and wasn't even built for the kind of security that's required for that secure communication.

The advertised purposes I have seen are for being in the wild, or rapid deployment in civil emergencies (natural ones, not man-made ones).

But that hasn't stopped the ignorant from finding it and shouting to others "this is the solution!“ as they love to do.

Isn't Reticulum what's aiming after the security needed for today's human-caused emergencies anyways?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    Yes! Reticulum is in fact the solution to the security problems the mainstream mesh networks currently hold.

    Not only can you tunnel Reticulum over Meshcore (a custom interface for that exists already), ~~there is also a Reticulum stand alone device that comes with encryption at rest https://github.com/cryptspeak/csCardputer/ ~~ scratch that, turns out thats a fork of ratspeak - a vibe coded trash project backed by sus capital and questionable incentives.

    The other alternative would to just use rnodes instead of Meshtastic or Meshcore. But rnodes are usually not self contained, and depend on a phone or laptop for the routing.

    Laptop and Phones have millions of lines of code to work, increasing the attack surface, hence a self contained device with encryption at rest like the csCardputer would be preferable in some cases because they can be somewhat more easy to audit.

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    [–] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Unless it's a tdeck or similar with a keyboard, you're just bringing your phone to a protest but with extra steps.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Thank you for creating walkie-man talkie-man content!

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Thank you for creating meshilek content!

    (And kids just bring your clean phone at the protest and keep your anarcho-unionist mobilek safe at home)

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Or bring no phone. Or if you need to bring your only one phone, turn it off so that you have the choice not to unlock it and keep it encrypted. Or, if you need to bring your only one phone and you need to keep it on, turn off all unlocking methods other than password. Or, if you do have an extra phone, do what cathfish said or fill it with a million memes, but rename the file names to something like "bomb plan 1", "attack plan B" or the likes, so that the authorities are forced to spend time investigating every single troll meme.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Thank you for content I love my handy talkie!

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  • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago

    Ooh, broadcasting my presence everywhere sounds fun

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Dr. Nomadek and Mr. Retikulek

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    And it's self destruction function is so powerful that it can serve as a Molotov cocktail!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Mister Meshilek sounds like a real jerk!

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