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It all depends on which specific fringe scenario (apocalypse scenario) you are prepping for. Since you mention computers in cars breaking, I am guessing your p
by bitxbitxbitcoin 5y ago
It all depends on which specific fringe scenario (apocalypse scenario) you are prepping for.
Since you mention computers in cars breaking, I am guessing your preferred flavor is nuclear winter.
Check out this study by the EMP Commission.[0]
Also I am having trouble imagining the average Joe in a post apocalyptic scenario wanting a web app for anything.
[0] http://www.empcommission.org/docs/A2473-EMP_Commission-7MB.pdf http://www.empcommission.org/docs/A2473-EMP_Commission-7MB.p...
- vorpalhex 5y agoIt's not enough to have a bunch of ebooks on a drive and a pile of canned goods. You need to get the ebooks and food to people who need them. To that end, with most everyone having a mobile device, a wifi hotspot where people can leave text messages and grab books is useful.
- armagon 5y agoThat actually makes a whole lot of sense -- might be the killer app; a bulletin board that works on your phone. Assuming people had enough power to charge their phones, and assuming the internet at large was unavailable, this would be brilliant.
- Jtsummers 5y ago"A bulletin board that works on your phone" is actually a decent summary of gossip protocol based p2p systems like Secure Scuttlebutt (https://scuttlebutt.nz https://scuttlebutt.nz). Data can be transferred when devices are in near enough proximity to each other (share a network, bluetooth, whatever). Messages are cryptographically signed (and possibly encrypted) so you could use this as a way of maintaining (albeit slowly) communications across a distance so long as there is still travel between communities.