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maqptoday at 10:09 AM1 replyview on HN

So other users are broadcasting messages of third parties onwards? How many devices does it take to saturate the channel? What does this do for phone battery?


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ifwintercotoday at 10:13 AM

Yes, but messages can be encrypted so relaying parties can't read them. And yes, it would have an effect on battery and have very limited bandwidth compared to whatsapp (no sharing videos etc).

Like I said definitely not practical for messaging but I think something along these lines is how airtags work?

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