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When:
March 12, 2015 @ 11:00 pm – March 13, 2015 @ 1:00 am
2015-03-12T23:00:00+00:00
2015-03-13T01:00:00+00:00
Where:
205 South Hall, School of Information
University of California
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
USA
University of California
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
USA
Prof. Xiao is inviting a special guest, Stanislav Shalunov, co-founder of FireChat, to his class Internet Freedom on Thursday, March 12, 4-6pm.
FireChat in recent news: FireChat — an ‘off-the-grid’ smartphone app — emerged this month as the technological glue holding Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests together and a powerfulweapon in the hands of mass movements, dissidents and protesters. The app works by creating its own network outside the internet, relying simply on the Bluetooth or Wi-Fi link that exist between one phone and another (source).
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