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Developer(s) | Open Garden |
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Platform | Android, iOS |
Type | mesh networking |
License | Proprietary |
Website | www.opengarden.com/firechat |
FireChat was a proprietary mobile app, developed by Open Garden, which uses wireless mesh networking to enable smartphones to connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or Apple's Multipeer Connectivity Framework without an internet connection by connecting peer-to-peer.[1]
Though it was not designed with the purpose in mind, FireChat has been used as a communication tool in some civil protests.
FireChat is now discontinued. The official URL is a 404 error page, and apps have not been updated since 2018.
History[edit]
The app was first introduced in March 2014 for iPhones,[2] followed on April 3 by a version for Android devices.[3]
In July 2015, FireChat introduced private messaging. Until then, it had only been possible to post messages to public chatrooms.[4]
In May 2016, FireChat introduced FireChat Alerts to allow users to send push alerts during a specific time and place.[5] This feature was aimed for aid workers doing disaster relief and was developed from a partnership with Marikina a city in the Philippines.[6]
Usage[edit]
FireChat first became popular in 2014 in Iraq following government restrictions on internet use,[7][8] and thereafter during the 2014 Hong Kong protests.[9][10] In 2015, FireChat was also promoted by protesters during the 2015 Ecuadorian protests.[11] On September 11, 2015, during the pro-independence demonstration called Free Way to the Catalan Republic, FireChat was used 131,000 times.[12]
In January 2016, students protested at the University of Hyderabad, India, following the suicide of a PhD student named Rohith Vemula.[13] Some students were reported to have used Firechat after the university shut down its Wi-Fi.[14]
The current[when?] version (Oct 2018) seems to be a fork of riot.im.[citation needed]
Security[edit]
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In June 2014, Firechat's developers told Wired that '[p]eople need to understand that this is not a tool to communicate anything that would put them in a harmful situation if it were to be discovered by somebody who's hostile ... It was not meant for secure or private communications.'[15]
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As of July 2015, FireChat claims to use end-to-end encryption to protect its one-to-one private messages.[4]
See also[edit]
- Mobile ad hoc network (MANET)
References[edit]
- ^Milian, Mark. 'Russians Are Organizing Against Putin Using FireChat Messaging App'. Bloomberg. Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^Simonite, Tom (28 March 2014). 'FireChat Could Be the First in a Wave of Mesh Networking Apps'. MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^Yu, Alan (7 April 2014). 'How one app might be a step toward internet everywhere'. NPR. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ ab'FireChat launches new offline private messaging option'. BBC News. BBC. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^Toor, Amar (19 May 2016). 'This app lets rescue workers send offline alerts when disaster strikes'. The Verge. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^Stinson, Elizabeth (12 October 2015). 'This App is Building a Giant Network for Free Messaging'. Wired. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^Kuchler, Hannah; Kerr, Simon (22 June 2014). ''Private internet' FireChat app grows in popularity in Iraq'. Financial Times. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^Hern, Alex. 'Firechat updates as 40,000 Iraqis download 'mesh' chat app in censored Baghdad'. The Guardian. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^'Faced with network surveillance, Hong Kong student demonstrators go P2P'. Boingboing.net. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^Bland, Archie (29 September 2014). 'FireChat – the messaging app that's powering the Hong Kong protests'. The Guardian.
- ^Velazco, Alfredo. 'The Internet, a Staging Post for Protests in Ecuador, is Under Threat'. Global Voices Online. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^Borràs, Enric (17 September 2015). 'L'aplicació amb què et podies comunicar a la Via Lliure també et servirà en una catàstrofe'. Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^'Hyderabad university shut after protests over Dalit student's death'. BBC News. BBC. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^TNN (23 January 2016). 'Firechat comes to UOH students' rescue'. The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^Baraniuk, Chris (25 June 2014). 'FireChat warns Iraqis that messaging app won't protect privacy'. Wired. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FireChat&oldid=985181800'