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Bitchat is a new private Bluetooth messaging app that doesn’t need the internet – here’s how it works (www.techradar.com)
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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So the other person would need to be in the same venue as you, or possibly the next building over?

There's a very narrow use case for this, from what I can tell.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yes, places where this would work well would be street protests, concert venues, sports stadiums, etc. Could also be useful for conferences to send people in the same room links or something.

Edit: short range comms during net shutdowns like iran recently