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		simon_acca on April 2, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Offline SOS signaling+recovery app for di... The EU is mandating Apple to implement WiFi-Direct https://www.ditto.com/blog/cross-platform-p2p-wi-fi-how-the-... WiFi doesn't fare any better than BLE under rubble unfortunately, but WiFi is going to be a useful technology to build disaster response tools in general

nizarmah on April 2, 2025 [–]

That's awesome. We really need something stable and cross platform.

I'm not a fan of how Apple managed to make background BLE advertising and scanning work only with its own devices.

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