I should add that I've heard FIDONET is still used in some highly censored SE Asia countries for this purpose (Myanmar IIRC) - laptops on the back of dirt bikes come to villages once a week... On Dec 27, 2012 11:54 AM, "Jerzy Łogiewa" <[email protected]> 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 -- [email protected] > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
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