Bridgefy

Bridgefy is a software company based in California, USA, dedicated to developing mesh-networking technology for mobile apps. It was founded circa 2014 by Jorge Rios, after conceiving the idea while participating in a tech competition called StartupBus.[1] Bridgefy's smartphone ad hoc network technology, apparently using Bluetooth Mesh, is licensed to other apps.[2][3][4]

Usage

The app gained popularity as a communication tactic during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests and Citizenship Amendment Act protests in India[5], because it requires people who want to intercept the message to be physically close because of Bluetooth's limited range, and the ability to daisy-chain devices to send messages further than Bluetooth's range.[6][7][8][9]

gollark: I couldn't make it work properly, so I'm working on other things instead.
gollark: ```The "apiomemetics" strategy will be as follows:- if this is the first turn, fork process- if you are the parent process, wait for the child to terminate- if child, use a strategy and see how well it goes- at 100th turn (matches are AT LEAST this long), if child, send message to parent via shared memory and exit- repeat with different strategy- store best strategy against current opponent somewhere, use on all subsequent turns```
gollark: And also it infinitely loops somehow.
gollark: Right now it doesn't actually test it.
gollark: Hold on, I'll dredge up what it's meant to do.

See also

References
  1. Velázquez, Franck (November 22, 2018). "Bridgefy, la startup mexicana que te dejará pedir un Uber o recibir una alerta sísmica sin internet" [Bridgefy, the Mexican startup that will let you call an Uber or receive a seismic alert without the Internet]. Entrepreneur (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  2. Silva, Matthew De. "Hong Kong protestors revive mesh networks to preempt internet shutdown". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  3. "Hong Kong Protestors Are Using An App That Doesn't Need Internet, And Bypass Chinese Snooping". The Times of India. 2019-09-03. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  4. Thompson, Clive (2019-09-03). "Hong Kong protestors using mesh-networking messaging app to evade authorities". Boing Boing. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  5. Nandi, Tamal (2019-12-19). "Bridgefy: An offline messaging app suddenly gaining traction in India". livemint.com. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  6. "Hong Kong protesters using Bridgefy to stop China monitoring actions". News | The CEO Magazine. 2019-09-03. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  7. Jowitt, Tom (2019-09-03). "Bridgefy Grows Amid Hong Kong Protests | Silicon UK Tech News". Silicon UK. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  8. Wakefield, Jane (2019-09-03). "Hong Kong protesters using Bluetooth app". Archived from the original on 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  9. "Hong Kong: Protesters using offline app Bridgefy to avoid being identified". Sky News. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
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