On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote: > Some recent discussion about Freenet on phones (and routers, see my other > message on tech). .... >block sizes, but IMHO it would likely reuse a lot of Freenet technology, even >if it was not Freenet >itself. And I'd argue that even if it is incompatible with Freenet 1.0, it >would be worthy of support >from FPI, given its mission statement. Thoughts?
The idea of a cross between Freenet and Haggle running on mobile phones sounds very interesting. I'd suggest basing it on the Android mobile phone platform, to start off with at last. Android is a very easy to use platform that is completely open source. So, for example, if it doesn't currently do anonymous wifi it could be easily altered to do so. Also, unlike iPhones, Android phones run (more or less) Java so would be more compatible with Freenet's existing code base. Something else to consider is that, as well as wifi, these phones have G3 Internet connections and GPS. So there might be a limited place for using the Internet connections and the GPS to security communicate your location with your friend's phones in order to help you get into wi-fi range. Tom
