Three forms of control. Three technologies that break them.
Autocracies don't fall overnight. They hold on through three locks: control of communication, control of money, control of identity.
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3/ THE CONNECTIVITY LOCK
Uganda. Election night. Museveni shuts the internet.
Bobby Wine's supporters can't communicate. Can't coordinate. Can't resist.
Except — 2.7 million of them had already downloaded BitChat. Bluetooth mesh. No towers. No internet. No permission required.
When the regime cuts the wire, the network lives.
Uganda. Election night. Museveni shuts the internet.
Bobby Wine's supporters can't communicate. Can't coordinate. Can't resist.
Except — 2.7 million of them had already downloaded BitChat. Bluetooth mesh. No towers. No internet. No permission required.
When the regime cuts the wire, the network lives.
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