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elicash | karma 4460 | avg karma 4.42 · 2022-11-28 13:51:23

I remember in Hong Kong that protesters used a bluetooth app (Bridgefy and maybe others) to communicate.

tinglymintyfrsh | karma 347 | avg karma 1.3 · 2022-11-28 14:12:37

IIRC, Firechat was The Thing for PRC and Iran.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireChat

Sessions is better than Signal since it doesn't require a phone number. IYAM, it should add Android + iOS serverless&internetless BT support.

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idlewords | karma 28364 | avg karma 6.34 · 2022-11-28 15:44:07

AirDrop was frequently used in Hong Kong, but by far the most popular app for protest stuff was Telegram. There was also a widely used protest website.

For what it's worth, Apple also took down a crowdsourced map from the app store that helped people avoid areas with tear gas and heavy police activity, on the grounds that it was somehow endangering the cops. Very shady stuff.

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