[PLUG-TALK] speaking of Google...

[Russell Senior]

I learned this weekend that Google's Android has been progressively
making it more and more difficult to use adhoc mode on their wifi.
This is impacting people developing infrastructureless communications
technologies (such as the awesomely cool Serval Project), particularly
those that would be useful in disaster situations.  Furthermore, they
are being less that transparent about why they are doing it.  The
speculation is that carriers are pressuring them to eliminate it.  It
is clear they are doing it intentionally (they are removing features
that exist, by commenting out/deleting kernel code).  It is getting to
the point that even if you go to the extreme measure of
compile/installing your own kernel to reenable adhoc mode, the GSM and
bluetooth modules will cease working.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/android-platform/tLLspmSySbY


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Russell Senior, President
russell at personaltelco.net