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Levandowski’s moonshot is a peer-to-peer telecom network powered by crypto

by dannylandau on 2/2/22, 7:36 PM with 1 comments

• by roseway4 on 2/2/22, 11:12 PM

  Fascinating use of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service frequencies. Supposedly "secure and private", with some interesting engineering on the way[0]:

  > To further support anonymity and prevent IMSIs from being tied to a user’s identity, a development priority will be enabling the network to roll IMSIs on a periodic, random basis, such that even if a hostile actor manages to associate an IMSI to a UE, it will be temporary. Additionally, we envision the ability for users to be able to request a new IMSI on demand.

  [0] Pollen Mobile Whitepaper: https://assets.website-files.com/61bcdf68fb5dc56d13dd117e/61...