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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

Then don't take a phone. If you're an organizer who needs to communicate, get a wifi/bt only tablet, look up mesh networks that use bluetooth and wifi, learn encryption and learn code words.

It's trivial to jam any wireless network. All jamming is it to flood the rf range with loud static. But you can still take measures to keep from being spied on.

Edit: also look into if MAC address spoofing. Not entirely sure which models of phones support that, officially or otherwise though.

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We got some Meshtastic radios that we use for protests (as well as for protests). They solve most of the problems quite neatly.

[–] cdf12345@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As long as it’s a self contained communication version and doesn’t require using the meshtadtic phone app

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I'm getting a T-Deck, but I don't feel too bad about using Bluetooth on a phone, as long as everything else is disabled. It isn't hard to track, but it will be a distant third after cell and Wifi in terms of what the authorities will be tracking. Not ideal, but an acceptable compromise for now.

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