Subj : Re: Meshtastic
To   : paulie420
From : Ogg
Date : Mon May 13 2024 16:13:00

Hello paulie420!

** On Tuesday 07.05.24 - 22:47, paulie420 wrote to All:

> I've jumped into the Meshtastic community and I am loving it! Meshtastic is
> an open-source project that enables you to use inexpensive LoRa radios as a
> long-range off grid communication platform in areas without existing or
> reliable comms infrastructure.

Sounds interesting.  Are you getting messages delivered  
successfully?

It seems that the message delivery to far away destinations  
would be hit 'n' miss.  It really depends on having other LoRa  
radios in the area, no?

It is interesting that encryption is supported and a HAM  
license is not required.

"Unlicensed radio networks: LoRaWAN works on unlicensed radio  
networks, and as LoRa devices and network deployments grow, you  
may experience interference on that frequency.

"Less secure: The LoRa network layer and the application layer
are generated from the same root key and random number and are
not isolated from each other. Therefore, there are risks of
data privacy leakage and data tampering due to private key
leakage.

Regarding the latter.. I guess you wanna keep comms simple with  
little to no personal information.


> I started w/ two Heltec v3 nodes; they tether to a phone or a web app and
> are fantastic little devices - however, I want something that is standalone.
> I don't trust using a cool, encrypted, project while having to use a
> platform that.... isn't, to send the messages.

The Heltec isn't good enough to send/receive encrypted  
messages?


> So, I've ordered a LilyGo T-Deck which is a device that comes w/ a screen
> and a blackberry styled keyboard.

I think it *is* a Blackberry Q10 part!


> Any other meshers in the crowd? Its a killer project if not...

Let us know how it goes.

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