Telephony is a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, being able to talk to people in far off places is kind of neat, at least in theory. Mesh Network Telephony Over Bluetooth on Android Phones.
On the other hand, you’re usually reliant on a centralized network, which isn’t ideal to the mindset of most hackers.[Gautam]’s MeshLive project deals with that last one, offering a decentralized mesh network solution based on Bluetooth for Android phones that can handle both voice and video. Rather than relying on dedicated hardware, this particular mesh piggybacks on your phone, and exists only as an Android application. Calls are end-to-end encrypted for both voice and video — though two-way video calling is still experimental.
More testing has gone into video broadcasting, where a stream goes out one-way. The capability is available for voice, as well. Each user has an unique identifier that can be scanned to create contacts, but it isn’t otherwise clearly identifiable to everybody.
You’ll only appear with a random name that changes every 15 minutes to other users in range who aren’t your contacts.
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