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>You take a picture of a protest happening near your home. Fearing a spread of the protest the government shuts down cellular and Internet access to most citizens. You write a short message about the protest in SplinterNet and attach the picture. When you next meet with your friends, you sync SplinterNet with them. They now have your photo and will spread it to their friends. You also now have all their messages, which includes photos taken of protests happening in other parts of the country. Any person who can reach a working Internet connection can post all of these photos to any sharing service or send directly to journalists to publicize.

This could become very popular in parts of India. I could see people using this share photos/songs with their friends.




Do think this might be a viable messaging option instead of paying for Internet minutes or SMS?




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