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The punks trying to reclaim the internet from 'big tech' (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 4 days ago by budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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A news article about Merri-bek Tech, a local Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) community-hosting initiative, and discussing other digital sovereignty efforts including EU initiatives.

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[–] Chewie@slrpnk.net 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Cool. It's a shame the article doesn't actually explain what the device will actually do :(

[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 16 points 3 days ago

It's not clear in the article, but they are mesh nodes: https://lores.tech/

More about what mesh wireless networks are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_mesh_network