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

[Bruno D. Rodrigues]

something like this? http://twister.net.co (I’m not promoting it, as I couldn’t even compile it on my Mac)

On Jan 11, 2014, at 10:36, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis <xekoukou at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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