PirateBox wireless local fileserver
David Darts, Associate Professor of Art Education and Chair, Department of Art and Art Professions wanted to facilitate anonymous file sharing in his NYU classes. He was aware of the deaddrops project and wanted to design a WiFi based portable version which would operate separate from the Internet. “PirateBox is a self-contained mobile communication and file sharing device. Inspired by pirate radio and the free culture movement, PirateBox utilizes Free, Libre and Open Source software (FLOSS) to create mobile wireless file sharing networks where users can anonymously chat and share images, video, audio, documents, and other digital content.”
The basic system consists of a lightweight web server connected to a wireless device. David has posted various approaches to the construction of a PirateBox on his website, including tutorials using an OpenWRT router, plug computer, laptop and an Android mobile phone.
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I ‘ve got one , have to change one thing , but it works really very well , a must have
Crap! Just when I was fashioning something similar on my Raspberry Pi.