goTenna Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Unfortunate

  There are some companies working on proper portable mesh networking (albeit using proprietary tech and standards, but better than nothing, I guess). Source: about 1 year ago

• Secret police in Iran raiding people's homes. This is very common in Iran recently.

  And maybe this: https://gotenna.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Everyone Needs to watch this documentary excerpt ASAP. Highlights the Bluetooth Mac addresses coming from the vaccinated and the internet of bodies control system. (Last post was removed even with a submission statement.)

  Devices such as goTenna (https://gotenna.com) can easily be detectable quite a long distance (much more than you'd expect). Source: over 1 year ago

• Can we use the smartphone as a CB Radio where there is no network?

  Basically the same as goTenna, but over FRS. Source: over 1 year ago

• Meshtastic: A Review

  This is a commercial version of the concept. They have been doing it for a while: https://gotenna.com/ The concept is of interest to me, as I like writing code to help people that help people. I’ll bet I could write a really nice iOS app. I noticed the reviewer wasn’t to thrilled with their iOS app. I did try working with goTenna, but they won’t open up their low-level API, and I don’t like using SDKs, for the... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Update to my country announcing 3 years jail for using a vpn and 1 year jail for using crypto.

  Have you heard of gotenna? https://gotenna.com/. Source: over 2 years ago

• Yesterday's shenanigans with FB... do we not anymore consider the internet communications KILL SWITCH?

  If I had the money I’d get a few of these as a backup https://gotenna.com/. Source: over 2 years ago

• Walkie-Talkies (lets first give props to the name) at EDC

  You should look into https://gotenna.com this basically creates a mesh network that allows texting between users. The more people with the devices at an event, the better the coverage. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Ask HN: My country may be in the midst of a coup. How should I get prepared?

  One thing you need to do is establish a set of pre-shared keys or passpharses with someone you trust outside of the country. Take a look at https://www.openkeychain.org/. You can take a look at a guide I wrote for people travelling into hostile network areas and adapt some of it to your perosnal circumstance: https://www.anomie.tech/craft/secure-tunnel/ Get yourself a good high gain directional wifi antenna to... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Suggestions

  Really the only other option I can think of besides moving to another radio band such as in the HAM bands, would be to make a mesh network with your phones using something like bluetooth, but even that won't get you much range over the GMRS. Example: https://gotenna.com/. Source: almost 3 years ago

• How will the cryptocurrency craze come crashing to an end?

  Betting against Bitcoin has proven to be damaging to ones wealth. It is literally the best performing asset across markets. Profitability aside it is actually very hard to kill this market and that's kind of the point when it comes to decentralization. Bitcoin for example literally has 3 satellites broadcasting the blockchain 24/7 enabling people with the likes of a goTenna to transact without the internet. Do NOT... Source: almost 3 years ago

• Off the Grid Messenger

  Keep wondering if a smartphone maker will build in a point to point radio system like goTenna [1] or Beartooth [2]. Ideally everyone would agree on a standard and you can just text message / share location with anyone in range and mesh back to the cell network, one can hope. 1. https://gotenna.com. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Off the Grid Messenger

  Https://gotenna.com/ Haven't tried this but have had my eye on it, as an amateur radio enthusiast. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago