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Comment on Self-hosting in 2025 isn't about privacy anymore - it's about building resistance infrastructure

Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Great points, and there’s some amazing discussions going on here!

One thing I’d like to add is EVERYONE needs to start setting up some meshtastic nodes. It’s really easy to setup (just hook up a USB cable from your computer to a esp32 board, visit a website to get the configuration, and that’s pretty much it), it’s cheap (as little as $30) and it is secure. Build 2 nodes (one to leave at home, and another for your backpack). This way you’ll be able to communicate should the Internet become unavailable or unsafe. You can also use this at a protest so that you still have a means of communication without needing to bring your phone that the Feds will be able to track.

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tyfi@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I started with Meshtastic, then started getting into MeshCore since it seems like it scales much better.

It is disappointing that there’s already some fragmentation, considering that this is a small community to begin with. Hopefully both can flourish.

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Sirius006@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Can you elaborate a bit? I checked their website but I’m a noob. I’m in Europe, I don’t know if this network is in use here. Also I’m not sure I can see the use case for me now but I don’t mind paying 30€ if it can be useful to others, and maybe to me later. To add a bit of context : I think we are quickly following the american trend at least in my country

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- Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It works in Europe too. It uses LoRa (A Long Range radio protocol) to be able to send messages out to other nodes, which can bounce them out to further nodes. A node can be configured to relay through the Internet to reach people in other areas.
  
  I ordered the radio shown below from a kit on Amazon (it’s a Heltec v4 and came with a battery that isn’t pictured) and it took about 5 minutes to setup. Attaching the antenna to the board was the hardest part.
  
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- fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  !meshtastic@mander.xyz fwiw
  
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- mrl1@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Haven’t tried it yet but it has to operate on another frequency band and is quite limited in terms of duty cycles. I’ll try anyway, and I don’t think getting a licence to access higher duty cycles limits and power should be that hard.
  
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