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Mobile phones with "Mesh networking" built-in have now started to appear in the market. E.g Tecno Spark Go 3 - https://www.tecno-mobile.com/phones/product-detai

Mobile phones with "Mesh networking" built-in have now started to appear in the market. E.g Tecno Spark Go 3 - https://www.tecno-mobile.com/phones/product-detail/product/spark-go-3/ https://www.tecno-mobile.com/phones/product-detail/product/s... - recently launched in India has a feature called Freelink 2 that claims to connect with other Tecno phones to provide "connectivity" without wifi or cellular network up to a range of 1.5 kms. More here: https://www.intelregion.com/tech/how-to-use-your-techno-phone-to-make-free-calls-without-sim-card https://www.intelregion.com/tech/how-to-use-your-techno-phon... . (Personally, I don't think any government is going to allow this.)

stavros 9mo ago
> (Personally, I don't think any government is going to allow this.) Then that's a pretty clear signal for how free that government is.
- thisislife2 9mo ago
  As someone who lives in a democratic country, I am quite loathe to trust any foreign-controlled communication platform. I also do not support or endorse violent politics. Seeing how social media has triggered political riots in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and now in Iran (probably with the aid of foreign sponsors / agents) to destabilise these countries, I am fully in favour of governments clamping down hard on such kind of "dark networks" that they don't have oversight over. Note that this is nothing new - governments always have been mindful that foreign agents in their country should not have a way to communicate with their masters, and that is why everything from radios to satellite phones require some form of license to operate.
  - returningfory2 9mo ago
    Isn't it well known that the "protestors are foreign agents" line is just extremely transparent bs that governments use to silence dissent?
- lazide 9mo ago
  a great many countries ban satellite phones too.

stavros 9mo ago

> (Personally, I don't think any government is going to allow this.) Then that's a pretty clear signal for how free that government is.

thisislife2 9mo ago
As someone who lives in a democratic country, I am quite loathe to trust any foreign-controlled communication platform. I also do not support or endorse violent politics. Seeing how social media has triggered political riots in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and now in Iran (probably with the aid of foreign sponsors / agents) to destabilise these countries, I am fully in favour of governments clamping down hard on such kind of "dark networks" that they don't have oversight over. Note that this is nothing new - governments always have been mindful that foreign agents in their country should not have a way to communicate with their masters, and that is why everything from radios to satellite phones require some form of license to operate.
- returningfory2 9mo ago
  Isn't it well known that the "protestors are foreign agents" line is just extremely transparent bs that governments use to silence dissent?
lazide 9mo ago
a great many countries ban satellite phones too.