May I ask you how? Or if you have more info? No criticism here, honest question. Afaik the only way to do that would be to fingerprint a behavioural pattern, which albeit possible is surely more secure than cell communication.

But we’re talking about a protest where bad actors (the police) just want the names of its attendants. Our phones scream to everyone “I am [name surname] and I am here!”. Bluetooth instead says the same but with a lower tone of voice, so less people can listen. Also, with little configuration you can instruct it not to broadcast its identifier.

What is unsafe about cell communication is that there is virtually no way to prevent being tracked. Bluetooth is not necessarily more secure but has several advantages:

1. Its Mac address can be easily changed. With a fake Mac address it’s more difficult to track someone down, albeit it needs some “technical skills” (going in the developer settings)
2. With these apps communication is encrypted by default unlike cell tower communication
3. The range is limited. If police listens over Bluetooth they’ll be able to track less people down

At protests you should not bring your smartphone but instead rely on anonymous drvices such as Meshtastic.

If you want to bring your smartphone to a protest, set Airplane mode and communicate with others through Bluetooth or WiFi networks using Briar or Bitchat

His company is alive thanks to a meme. Get fucked, CEO

Remember. Eating a rock a day is good for the overall health. Serve your rocks with a side of stones for a perfect dish.

Musk is a pathological liar

Client/Server apps will do that in hostile countries, that’s why people are moving to decentralized messaging platforms such as Matrix

Doesn’t element already support calls?

I am using VsCodium and I can install extensions. It’s my default code editor and it has nothing less than my coworkers’ MS Visual Studio Code.

Edit: just understood VsCodium uses a non-official marketplace for extensions, but for my needs I’ve always found everything