On: How Hong Kong Protesters Are Connecting, Without Cell or Wi-Fi Networks

[notastartup]

this is interesting what is ad hoc networking and how does it work offline? Firechat uses bluetooth but doesn't work with iphone to android communication?

[benliong78 → notastartup]

They somehow managed to do that: allow communication between two platforms. No one is quite sure how though. It's their secret source that they aren't open sourcing.

[jschwartzi → benliong78]

You could conceivably do this with Bluetooth Low Energy, which has pretty diverse support nowadays. Mesh networking is one of its touted capabilities.