Tools of civil protest #OCCUPYCENTRAL communications in Hong Kong, which you should know
Forming Survival / / December 19, 2019
All we follow with interest what is happening in Hong Kong. The cause of civil disobedience is more or less clear, and we are interesting to tell you about those tools that use Protesters for communication, coordination and communication.
google Docs
Protesters strikingly systematize provision of data, water and toilets in the publicly available document. You do it you can look. In fact, this document - the central information hub protest!
See also: 17 useful Google Docs features, you need to know
FireChat
Today, Hong Kong is set at 100 thousand copies of this application a day. It is a messenger who does not need the Internet for work. As soon as the government cuts down the Internet connection between the protesters is not lost. Messages are sent over Wi-Fi in handsets and the data transferred by the peer network between those who launched the application, provided that they do not keep away from each other by more than 70 meters.
Price: Free
Price: Free
We believe that each of us must have the app on their smartphone as a reserve.
See also: Overview FireChat on Layfhakere
CODE4HK
This portal is an open source of all data collected during the civil protest: photos, videos, texts, maps, and more.
Of course, the pages and closed group on Facebook become a source of reliable information, which are divided into members and activists of the "umbrella" of the protest. Protestants coordinating their actions, to charge your phone, or simply find out the latest news on the pages LIVE: Verified updates 已 證實 消 and 926 平民在政總現場.
Here is an example of one of these publications.
Friends and family keep in touch via WhatsApp, which is very popular in Hong Kong. The service works only in areas where the government is not disabled the Internet.
Note that the list did not get the classic and popular in China and network services, which are often completely controlled by government agencies.