[tor-bugs] #11251 [Service - dist]: Utilize unidirectional wireless broadcast distribution for Tor packages

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#11251: Utilize unidirectional wireless broadcast distribution for Tor packages
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 Reporter:  anon            |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |      Milestone:
Component:  Service - dist  |        Version:
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 (transcribed from conversation in IRC among crazy people)
 """
 ... the fun with censorship races : run a Tor radio channel?
 (unidirectional FEC spread highly redundant payloads of the current
 bundles.  if a region is upstream constrained in conflict, outage, or
 other, just one can get a good copy, then locally redist. much further

 assuming your wifi radios or rtl-sdr dongles or fancy SDRs speak it...
 (for wifi this requires monitor mode. rtl-sdr is receive only. good sdr
 not cheap. few of many problems...)

 ...

 There used to be a company that distributed Usenet over broadcast
 satellite.  They didn't carry binaries due to limited bandwidth but there
 wasn't anything stopping them from including a few here and there.

 ...

 holy shit i bet a NSA TAO NIGHTSTAND could beam Tor to a whole metropolis
 in minutes!
  [see https://leaksource.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/nsa-ant-
 nightstand.jpg ]

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