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Are LoRa networks a way around the surveillance state? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by brownsugga@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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I’ve recently discovered meshtastic and related tech. With the trust vacuum around cell phones and data scraping and tracking etc, I basically assume the government et al can see what’s up on my iphone constantly.

For interpersonal communication regarding civil disobedience, protest, resistance etc-- do LoRa devices offer an actual solution? or am I very mistaken?

I’m posting from a laptop that I converted to Linux (not tech savvy so that was a project) from behind a VPN- genuinely looking to hear from smarter people than me regarding privacy and secure communication

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[–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Are you familiar with i2p? I'm not recommending it, but it's interesting to compare and contrast it with LoRa networks.

Both of them allow communication over one or more hops, although i2p defaults to three and recommends you never lower that number. LoRas always aim for communication in as few as possible. Thanks to being a communication layer over the internet, i2p also enables these hops to go over virtually unlimited distances and with high bandwidth. So not only can you reach any endpoint, but you might be going through any endpoint in the process. The bandwidth also allows for a significant amount of obfuscation (the node passing data to you doesn't know whether it's intended for you or someone else), which LoRa networks simply can't accommodate in terms of speed or network load.