“Contingency” planning is important, and decentralization is a good starting point. This conversation from @thefinalstrawradio on the need for a Signal contingency plan highlights the risks of centralized systems and infrastructure, and proposes @delta as a recommend option. I am a fan of Delta Chat, but to my amateur radio mind the thing this conversation made me think most about was contingency planning for communication systems in general.
Now I fully understand that FCC regulations prohibit encrypting radio signals in the Ham bands, but what does that mean. If I send an email via radio that contains a PGP encrypted section I am sending an unencrypted signal that contains some encrypted information. So is this acceptable under the regs? Could we implement a client that combines Pat (open-source Winlink) with chatmail, without running afoul of existing regulation?
Edit: To tag Meshtastic as I would love to see an implementation of ChatMail for meshtastic too.
@signalapp @meshtastic
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