[PLUG-TALK] Use the Mesh

Richard plug at hackhawk.net
Sat Aug 24 16:26:45 UTC 2013


On 8/20/2013 6:22 AM, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/mesh-internet-privacy-nsa-isp
>
> The Athenians aren't alone. Scores of communities worldwide have been
> building these roll-your-own networks—often because a mesh can also
> be used as a cheap way to access the regular internet. But along the
> way people are discovering an intriguing upside: Their new digital
> spaces are autonomous and relatively safe from outside meddling. In
> an era when governments and corporations are increasingly tracking our
> online movements, the user-controlled networks are emerging as an almost
> subversive concept. "When you run your own network," Bonicioli explains,
> "nobody can shut it down."

Is anyone in Portland doing this?  I'd be interested in experimenting 
with this.




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