Well the internet is written mostly by bots. Everything needs Id and spying. We may end up building a new internet so fuck the old internet
this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2025
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NomadNet feels a bit like a new old internet.
Meshtastic-Net
Oh meshtastic is really cool but even without GPS broadcasting, it is FAR from private. There are some serious flaws with its encryption apparently that the devs don't want to address, and im like 99% sure you can just be triangulated anyway.
That being said, meshtastic is awesome and everyone should try it. Its a lot of fun and you can "meet" cool people in your community who are kind of makerspace-adjacent and usually kind in general.
Also don't listen to the meshcore grifters, meshcore is proprietary and requires you to pay for licenses to use its full feature set. They're like reverse Linux users who just show up whenever meshtastic is mentioned to try to convince you to give your freedoms away.
Are there actually enough users that I can stumble upon others in radio mesh range?
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Some of us like (and play with) both systems - both are fun and have their individual pros and cons.
as a side note nothing is paywalled off in meshcore however there is a soft lock (10 second wait) for some bits. Not saying I like / agree with it but worth mentioning its not a hard pay wall.
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It's ridiculous for the UK to issue fines to a company who doesn't operate in the country. Just block access if that's whatever your stupid laws dictate.
EU fined number of tech giants before, this is not new. If you have users and derive income from a country, you are operating in this country.
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Nobody cares what the UK thinks. The company has no presence over there. Down with the British. :-)
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United Kondom
hands on hips "That'll stop them." /s
Send a 'smart' fine. Check mate, shitposters.
Don't they ban VPNs lol? Been years since I even thought about this place
They're not banned, but some ISPs block them anyways
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hell yeah