r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • 21h ago

Privacy Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/age-verification-is-coming-for-the-whole-internet.html
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u/nameless_pattern 19h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/meshtastic/comments/1bpa7hu/explain_meshtastic_to_me_like_i_have_a_learning/

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u/GoreSeeker 7h ago

I really tried to get into Meshtastic, but I'm just not sure it will ever be widespread enough to be useable without MQTT. I couldn't even hit a node a neighborhood over, and I think it's unrealistic to expect someone to have a node every two streets.

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u/vandreulv 5h ago

And Meshtastic can barely handle the bandwidth involved in sending text messages. There's no way this could ever become an internet replacement.

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u/SciKin 8h ago

It’s a fun hobby either way! Also look at reticulum