Wow, talk about a blast from the past! FidoNet. I ran a BBS in Sierra Vista, AZ, The Exchange BBS in the 1980s, and was part of that. I thought it was amazing that a message from Boston could reach my house in two days after just a series of (for the most part) local telephone calls.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet I think such a network would be definitely useful in a denied area. Joel Harding Information Operations Holistic Organizer (IOHO) http://toinformistoinfluence.com On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Jerzy Łogiewa <jerz...@interia.eu> wrote: > Hello! > > I wonder, is some FIDONET type service existing for countries where all > telecom is disabled? Kind of "sneakernet" for large packets of messages to > be delivered. > > 1- I write message to [username, address or hash], encrypt with > public/private pair. > 2- Trusted "sneakernet" collector with some software physically arrives > and grabs my message, updates my 'ball' (or blob?) of crypted messages, in > case other sneakernet collector comes. > 3- Maybe when delivery is 100% confirmed this gets added to ball so it can > be pruned? > > And so on. Bitcoin style blockchain confirmation seems useful? > > Does any service like this existing now? > > -- > Jerzy Łogiewa -- jerz...@interia.eu > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
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