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Shortwave is neat and everything, but isn't this also the bailiwick of Tor and pluggable transports and the whole internet anti-censorship ecosystem?
by zrm 5y ago
Shortwave is neat and everything, but isn't this also the bailiwick of Tor and pluggable transports and the whole internet anti-censorship ecosystem?
- pabs3 5y agoBBC added an onion server too: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50150981 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50150981 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21343241 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21343241
- LeoPanthera 5y agoReceiving shortwave radio doesn't require a functioning internet. Actually it doesn't require any infrastructure at all. Just a radio and a battery.
- updatedprocess 5y agoWhat, no wind up short wave radios available?
- LeoPanthera 5y agoYes there are, but the crank usually charges a battery, rather than powering a dynamo.