[zeromq-dev] How do we activate and connect to WiFi hotspots in edgenets?

[Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis]

One alternative to a mesh network is of course peer to peer encryption.

All browsers nowadays can persist data on their database.
Nacl and openpgp have been ported on JavaScript. All we need then is an
asynchronous delivery system that sends json to the browser.
That is , exactly like email except that the updates are handled by the
javascript application.
We could create an api for any developer to create new JavaScript
applications. Each such application would be hosted in a subdomain of the
user`s preferred delivery provider and be given a unique delivery address.

We could then have encrypted social network sites in a matter of weeks.
On Jan 10, 2014 8:59 PM, "Lindley French" <lindleyf at gmail.com> wrote:

> I haven't tried using it myself yet, but I believe one difference is wifi
> direct has a programmatic API, which is not as easily exposed for normal
> wifi.
>
> > On Jan 10, 2014, at 1:40 PM, Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com> wrote:
> >
> > From what I know, setting up and maintaining a persistent WiFi Direct
> > connection is a painful user experience. Otherwise, it gives exactly
> > the same results as enabling the hotspot on one phone and then using
> > standard WiFi. (Unless i'm mistaken.)
> >
> >> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:05 AM, crocket <crockabiscuit at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Plus, I tested my nexus 5 and 7 with "Super Beam" app.
> >> Super Beam shares files and folders using WiFi Direct.
> >> My nexus devices successfully shared files via WiFi Direct.
> >>
> >> WiFi Direct is confirmed to be working at least on nexus devices.
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 5:31 AM, Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Lindley French <lindleyf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> In the short term that may be the only solution that's workable
> without
> >>>> root
> >>>> access on at least some of the phones. I think the full benefits of
> >>>> EdgeNet
> >>>> won't be realized until arbitrary phones can serve as routers or data
> >>>> mules
> >>>> without the user knowing or caring, though.
> >>>
> >>> Right.
> >>>
> >>>> I still think WiFi Direct has a place in the solution, when it's
> >>>> available.
> >>>> According to Wikipedia, only one phone of a group has to support WiFi
> >>>> Direct
> >>>> for the entire group to use it.
> >>>
> >>> That works precisely like a hotspot afaik (did not actually try that,
> >>> though).
> >>>
> >>> -Pieter
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