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Hacker Pager is a peer-to-peer messaging gadget: no internet or cellular required

Hacker Pager is a peer-to-peer messaging gadget: no internet or cellular required

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Jul 31, 2025
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The Hacker Pager

The Hacker Pager is a wonderfully old-fashioned yet perfectly contemporary wireless messaging gadget powered by Meshtastic, an open source, off-grid, low-power network. It doesn't need cell towers, internet access, or any other infrastructure. What it needs is other Hacker Pagers: it's entirely peer-to-peer.

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