Today, someone probably raised a balloon with a #meshtastic node allowing for an opening from the Netherlands to the UK

Today, someone probably raised a balloon with a #meshtastic node allowing for an opening from the Netherlands to the UK

I've been playing with #meshtastic and #meshcore a bunch recently. I've had some thoughts about the modulation settings used with both projects, and what that implies regarding kinds of hardware we're able to use.

I've written a blog post on the subject, and I hope you take the time to read it and provide feedback, if you know about these systems. Especially people in #Seattle where I know a log of this stuff is being used.

https://housedillon.com/blog/meshcore-and-lorawan/

@nullagent I know you've looked into meshtastic v. meshcore, but maybe your network might have more insight. From what I understand, someone going by Cisien is responsible for some of that, but he's not on here. I've chatted with him on Discord and he seems cool.

Anyway, that's all to say that I'm having a lot of fun, and I'm genuinely curious whether this idea has legs.

I've been playing with #meshtastic and #meshcore a bunch recently. I've had some thoughts about the modulation settings used with both projects, and what that implies regarding kinds of hardware we're able to use.

I've written a blog post on the subject, and I hope you take the time to read it and provide feedback, if you know about these systems. Especially people in #Seattle where I know a log of this stuff is being used.

https://housedillon.com/blog/meshcore-and-lorawan/

@nullagent I know you've looked into meshtastic v. meshcore, but maybe your network might have more insight. From what I understand, someone going by Cisien is responsible for some of that, but he's not on here. I've chatted with him on Discord and he seems cool.

Anyway, that's all to say that I'm having a lot of fun, and I'm genuinely curious whether this idea has legs.

Sooo … @OH3CUF reported a GDPR violation of the #Meshtastic iOS app to the developers only to have the ticket not only closed but full-on deleted.

I could not let that stand, and opened another ticket roughly the same arguments. https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-Apple/issues/1456

EDIT: linking to a thread with a screengrab because my ticket got deleted immediately: https://fosstodon.org/@cos/115338400707385891

#GDPR #datadog #telemetry

I posted links to the original posts on the Meshtastic discord, and guess what? The link to the screengrab post was removed there as well.

It was alleged that the issue was just another instance "outrage clickbait", and a "complete misunderstanding of [the EU user's] own law". The maintainer seems to truly believe in the approach of removing a "totally incorrect" issue from GH.

At this point, I consider the #Meshtastic project culturally tainted. I will be seeking out alternative firmware.

lol I didn't even finish the toot and my ticket got deleted as well. #meshtastic #gdpr

Sooo … @OH3CUF reported a GDPR violation of the #Meshtastic iOS app to the developers only to have the ticket not only closed but full-on deleted.

I could not let that stand, and opened another ticket roughly the same arguments. https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-Apple/issues/1456

EDIT: linking to a thread with a screengrab because my ticket got deleted immediately: https://fosstodon.org/@cos/115338400707385891

#GDPR #datadog #telemetry

Evidently his excellency, the Archbishop is using #meshtastic.

o_O

Meshtastic iOS app breaks EU law with sending lots of telemetry (logs, usage) to DataDog in US wthout user consent and without any kind of notification of the app doing so.

I reported this as issue and it got immediately closed without any explanation: https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-Apple/issues/1449

#meshtastic #gdpr #datadog

Meshtastic iOS app breaks EU law with sending lots of telemetry (logs, usage) to DataDog in US wthout user consent and without any kind of notification of the app doing so.

I reported this as issue and it got immediately closed without any explanation: https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-Apple/issues/1449

#meshtastic #gdpr #datadog

The next #meshtastic project will be mounting a solar node on the gutter out back. Once I feel like I have the hang of wireless firmware upgrades, I’ll go for higher up— rooftop or even a tree.

The gutter-mount radio should be here any day now.

Since a big part of my interest in #meshtastic is as #disaster comms, I decided to run my Station G2 off a big battery instead of directly off mains.

The battery, a previous generation Goal Zero is rated at a little less than 300 Watt hours. The G2 got nearly 5 full days which is well shy of the 12 I’d estimated but still respectable.

Good #Meshtastic node name:

Good #Meshtastic node name:

Whoah. The #meshtastic client supports #markdown. That’s a nice touch.

This bird *really* wants to get inside my #meshtastic node. It's been going at it for two hours, even though I showed it there was nothing interesting inside.

We've started calling the node "BirdBox" now. :)

An alle die #meshtastic benutzen. Kommt rüber auf #meshcore.
Gerade bei uns in Augsburg ist das Lora-Band so saturiert durch die Stadtwerke und wir haben jetzt mehrere Tests gemacht und können sagen das EU Narrow Band funktioniert mit Meshcore am besten und holt auch nochmal mehr Reichweite raus. An alle die mit #meshtastic in #augsburg rumspielen. Kommt vorbei ins @OpenLabAugsburg@chaos.social
und helft und ein stabiles meshcore Netzwerk in Augsburg aufzubauen! Heute Abend wäre zum Beispiel eine gute Gelegenheit mal vorbeizukommen

Is there anyone on here who can explain the differences between #Meshtastic and #MeshCore and explain their relative merits? My sis @kazooloon and I are interested in getting started with one or the other.

Woot! My brother just brought his little pocket node (a T1000-e) to our parents’ house. From there, he can see a couple nodes which I can see from home. We might be in business.

#meshtastic #baymesh