Unlike Briar and Bridgefy, Signal is an offline messaging app that connects via Wifi Direct. Signal is also a peer-to-peer technology, which enables Android devices to connect directly to each other via WiFi without any intermediate access point. Since messages via Briar are encrypted, the app has ruled out chances of potential surveillance and censorship threats. Briar uses direct, encrypted connections between users to prevent surveillance and censorship. You can automatically connect with up to 6–7 people at a time, noted Jorge.īriar is another messaging app that connects one phone to another via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, keeping information flowing in a crisis. The 'broadcast', which is a virtual chat room, allows you to text anybody around you that is also using the Bridgefy app, even if they’re not on your contacts list. Users can use Bridgefy to even 'broadcast' messages. "The people in the middle don’t have access to your messages, have to perform any action whatsoever, or have to be in your contacts list," explains blogger Jorge Ribbs in Medium. The mesh network, like that in FireChat, connects one smartphone to another and likewise, creates a long line of communication. Smartphones can connect over a range of 330 feet (100 meters). Similar to FireChat, Bridgefy also uses Bluetooth connectivity to connect with different phones to relay messages. The mesh network, like that in FireChat, connects one smartphone to another and likewise, creates a long line of communication | Image courtesy: Jorge Ribs Medium post Every device with a FireChat app acts as a relay or a cell tower, creating a mesh network among groups within 200 feet in your phone to communicate directly with other devices that are also running FireChat. The app lets you send messages directly between mobile devices using peer-to-peer Bluetooth and WiFi connections. However, please note to download the apps from Google Playstore and App store when you have access to internet and/or if you're anticipating an internet shutdown.įireChat is a free peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or without Internet access or cellular data to send text and images. Mesh-based apps such as FireChat, Bridgefy, Signal Offline and Briar, and virtual walkie-talkie app Vojer will help you connect to your contacts in case of emergencies. Thankfully, the digital world has developed apps to help users communicate in the event of an internet blackout. But it is better to be prepared than to regret later. What was only a far-fetched reality until now, may or may not reach your neighbourhood. As a result, India has become the internet shutdown capital of the world.
In its attempt to curb the spread of dissent, the Modi-led government has normalised internet shutdowns in the country. India is now the world leader in something its tech-savvy Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, might not be really proud of.
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