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fattyfoods Jul 10

Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest

https://feddit.nl/post/38006360

Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest - feddit.nl

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tired_n_bored Jul 10

At protests you should not bring your smartphone but instead rely on anonymous drvices such as Meshtastic.

If you want to bring your smartphone to a protest, set Airplane mode and communicate with others through Bluetooth or WiFi networks using Briar or Bitchat

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mesa Jul 10

Meshtastic with 3 jumps would be stretching for actual communication. Plus Bluetooth is even worse for security. Direct connection might be a better way to use the device.

I've had meshtastic for about 2 ish years now and its still being worked on.

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tired_n_bored

What is unsafe about cell communication is that there is virtually no way to prevent being tracked. Bluetooth is not necessarily more secure but has several advantages:

Its Mac address can be easily changed. With a fake Mac address it’s more difficult to track someone down

With these apps communication is encrypted by default unlike cell tower communication

the range is limited. If police listens over Bluetooth they’ll be able to track down less people