FaceTime Without the Internet
FaceTiming without Apple...
I tested whether consumer apps like FaceTime, Signal, WhatsApp, and Zoom work on an off-grid HaLow mesh network with zero internet. The key discovery: FaceTime and Signal connect peer-to-peer if they can find each other on any local network — Apple's servers aren't in the loop. The climax was a two-car highway test where Emilia and I held a FaceTime call at 70 mph, bridged only by Haven nodes and sub-gigahertz antennas. The conclusion: the "loophole" isn't a hack — it's the original peer-to-peer design we forgot about once we handed the internet to five companies.
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