FireChat was never going to be resilient enough because it was installed on Apple and Google controlled devices.
This kind of system needs a dedicated or at least 'open' device with adequate hardware to support wireless mesh networks.
I would love to see something like this, because we (even, or rather, especially; Western countries) currently have no decentralized fallback for emergency communication. If the electric grid and cellphone network go... most people don't even have AM radios at this point.
This kind of system needs a dedicated or at least 'open' device with adequate hardware to support wireless mesh networks.
I would love to see something like this, because we (even, or rather, especially; Western countries) currently have no decentralized fallback for emergency communication. If the electric grid and cellphone network go... most people don't even have AM radios at this point.