You can help get information about life beyond NK by donating media drives: https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/. Source: 12 months ago

e.g. Dropping flash drives into North Korea. Source: about 1 year ago

There are several media covering this story about the smuggling of USB drives, including Washington Examiner, The Guardian and Buisness Insider just to name few. There's even a website for people who want to participate to that. Source: about 1 year ago

A similar practice is used today with North Korea, where balloons are floated into the country with SD Cards and USB sticks - which are small enough to break and swallow in a pinch. It is easy to get involved with this through https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org. Source: over 1 year ago

You should check out https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/ - the load the donated sticks with positive/freedom related content and get them into North Korea to show the people a different way of life exists. Source: over 1 year ago

I would opt for the serval project [1]. Having a mobile based mesh network facility that is not controlled by neither corporations nor governments is of paramount importance imho. [1] https://servalproject.org/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

Check out mesh networks like Serval http://servalproject.org/ which may help with your backup comms. Source: over 1 year ago

This app was used to organise protesters in Kuala Lumpur. They anticipated the government would shut down the cell network…which they did. As I understand it (I cannot find the article about it) several thousand people used this application on their android phones to communicate during the protest without internet or cell service…it creates a phone-to-phone network. I don’t know if it is still downloadable. The... Source: over 2 years ago

Http://servalproject.org/ It's a way for devices to talk to one another without paying for a service. Look for Mesh networks in your area, they provide free service. You can also make yourself a mesh node or support to help spread it. Source: over 2 years ago

You can also use Mesh services on your phone even if you don't have a sim card. http://servalproject.org/ When my kids were younger we had them all using Serval Mesh for a long time to stay in contact with one another and such but we were fortunate to live in an area with an abundance of free WiFi just about everywhere so it was used sparingly but came in handy in a pinch. Add that with Google... Source: almost 3 years ago