[liberationtech] Fwd: Kashmir Telecom Blackout

[Adrien Luxey]

Hi there,

I want to react on the following: "Have we reached a point where people
are entitled to demand connectivity as a fundamental human right?" I'd
answer "No, never".

Indeed, societies need to grow less dependable on the power
infrastructure (including networks), and not enforce its availability in
human rights. Indeed, in the long run, our civilizations will not be
able to keep up with the "always available" policy for energy, and we
should rather learn to have "some of the lights off" sometimes, as
proposed by this LowTech Magazine article
<https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/12/keeping-some-of-the-lights-on-redefining-energy-security.html>.
The power supply should be prioritized for vital infrastructures e.g.
healthcare, primary goods delivery and the like, but the average citizen
would be better off if they learned how to cope without electricity
sometimes.

I hope this adds grain to your mill, and wish you bravery,
Regards,
Adrien

On 10/08/2019 11:29, David Stodolsky wrote:
>
> Social WiFi / Mesh Networks may be the only option, if centralize
> communication systems are being shutdown by the centralized
> governments. It looks like most of the software is ready to go and
> there are some hardware projects too. Here are some Mesh Network links.
>
>
> Serval is a mature project supporting both hardware and software:
>
> http://www.servalproject.org/
>
> https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-use-serval-mesh-to-chat-to-other-mobile-phones-without-a-phone-network-android/
>
>
> Hardware:
>
> https://gotenna.com/
>
> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xyg5jd/gotenna-mesh-networking-for-smartphones
>
> https://beartooth.com/
>
> https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/using-old-access-points-to-make-a-mesh-network.3346843/
>
>
> Blockchain based:
>
> https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.04078
>
> https://decenter.org/en/what-is-the-mesh-network-and-why-is-it-our-future
>
> https://www.rightmesh.io/
>
> https://www.blockmesh.io/
>
> https://ammbr.com/
>
>
>
> Toronto:
>
> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4xa3zq/toronto-gets-its-own-free-encrypted-mesh-network-CRTC-meshnet
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan/comments/4h1jx1/toronto_gets_its_own_free_encrypted_mesh_network/
>
>
> Germany:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk
>
>
> Oakland, CA:
>
> https://peoplesopen.net/
>
>
> Hong Kong:
>
> https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26285-hong-kong-protesters-use-a-mesh-network-to-organise/
>
>
>
> Legalistic framework:
>
> http://picopeer.net/
>
>
>
> Home oriented:
>
> https://uk.pcmag.com/wireless-networking/87178/the-best-wi-fi-mesh-network-systems
>
>
> http://www.tidepools.co/
>
>                          Tidepools is a re-skinnable collaborative
> mobile mapping platform for gathering and sharing hyperlocal
> information and culture through expressive, community maps and data
> feeds, enabling greater connectivity and communication among neighbors
> and local organizations. 
>
>
> Tidepools bridges the digital and physical space of a neighborhood,
> storing its data on local servers and broadcasted over WiFi so it can
> run even without reliance on an Internet connection. It integrates
> location-specific civic data in situ, including real time transit
> notifications and community safety issues. Community members can share
> events, user-created map layers and landmarks, and other local
> temporal information, creating a historical geospatial community
> database.
>
> Check out variations of Tidepools *IN THE WILD* above, to see how
> Tidepools has been used in Red Hook, Brooklyn
> <http://tidepools.co/redhook>, Hurricane Sandy
> <https://rhiwifi.co/status/>, Gezi Park Protests
> <http://tidepools.co/gezi> in Turkey, or for the Allied Media
> Conference <http://tidepools.co/testbed> in Detroit.                     
>
>
>> On 9 Aug 2019, at 17:06, Josh Levy <josh at levjoy.com
>> <mailto:josh at levjoy.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Arzak, I've been following this and it's awful. How are people
>> in the region communicating with the outside world and asking for
>> help? Is that even possible?
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019, at 11:01 AM, Arzak Khan wrote:
>>> When critical infrastructure becomes a weapon. 
>>>
>>> *Large parts of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir were subjected
>>> to a total telecommunications blackout this week, as the Indian
>>> government passed new legislation to reduce the region’s political
>>> autonomy*
>
>
> David Stodolsky, PhD                   Institute for Social Informatics
> Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
> dss at socialinformatics.org <mailto:dss at socialinformatics.org>       
>   Tel./Viber: +45 3095 4070
>
>
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