Survival/Tactical Apps?

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Posted: 5/12/2020 10:24:43 PM EDT

Im setting up a tacticool phone for my plate carrier. What are the must have apps for a dedicated survival/Tacticool phone?

Posted: 5/12/2020 10:26:58 PM EDT

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Im setting up a tacticool phone for my plate carrier. What are the must have apps for a dedicated survival/Tacticool phone?

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Absolutely no experience: https://www.takciv.org/

EDIT: Apparently there's now a public release of ATAK: https://takmaps.com/

Posted: 5/12/2020 10:30:59 PM EDT

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If you have boog buds atak / civtak can be interesting but requires a lot of upkeep IMO. Start with your connected Kestrel and AB apps, maybe Gotenna or other decentralized comms.

Posted: 5/12/2020 10:33:44 PM EDT

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F that, GPS will get you schwacked.

Posted: 5/12/2020 10:34:12 PM EDT

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Just drop the phone in water and get as far away from it as possible.

Posted: 5/12/2020 10:42:17 PM EDT

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What's your secondary plan if your phone gets smashed, wet, battery dies, has no signal, overheats, can't be used because of light/ noise discipline, etc?

Posted: 5/12/2020 11:10:05 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By Destroy_By_Fire:
What's your secondary plan if your phone gets smashed, wet, battery dies, has no signal, overheats, can't be used because of light/ noise discipline, etc?

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Then im where i was before i had it? I can silence the phone, turn it off, take it off the carrier.

If it breaks, ill replace it, if the battery dies, ill charge it?

Posted: 5/12/2020 11:10:45 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By macman37:
F that, GPS will get you schwacked.

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By who?

Posted: 5/12/2020 11:12:08 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By rubywat:
If you have boog buds atak / civtak can be interesting but requires a lot of upkeep IMO. Start with your connected Kestrel and AB apps, maybe Gotenna or other decentralized comms.

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Care to elaborate on the upkeep?

I have a few other boog buds, and this will mostly be used while out with them larping.

Posted: 5/12/2020 11:12:26 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By rubywat:
If you have boog buds atak / civtak can be interesting but requires a lot of upkeep IMO. Start with your connected Kestrel and AB apps, maybe Gotenna or other decentralized comms.

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Care to elaborate on the upkeep?

I have a few other boog buds, and this will mostly be used while out with them larping.

Posted: 5/12/2020 11:16:06 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By DCLXVI:

By who?

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Originally Posted By macman37:
F that, GPS will get you schwacked.

By who?

Same cats that attempted a coup on the duly elected president of the United States

Posted: 5/12/2020 11:25:18 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By macman37:
F that, GPS will get you schwacked.

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The correct answer is none.

Posted: 5/12/2020 11:26:17 PM EDT

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What's your secondary plan if your phone gets smashed, wet, battery dies, has no signal, overheats, can't be used because of light/ noise discipline, etc?

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Meh. Mom will call him in for bedtime before any of that happens.

Posted: 5/12/2020 11:45:57 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By Bgdtx:

Same cats that attempted a coup on the duly elected president of the United States

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Because i downloaded some survival apps to use in the woods with my friends?

I dont foresee using it for any red dawn type scenarios.

I want to use it for larping and hunting with friends in huge swaths of private land in N. Idaho.

Posted: 5/12/2020 11:50:04 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By AmorphousBlob:

Absolutely no experience: https://www.takciv.org/

EDIT: Apparently there's now a public release of ATAK: https://takmaps.com/

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Some of the map features on that look to be really useful for everyday purposes.

Def checking it out.

Posted: 5/12/2020 11:57:07 PM EDT

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Dang, apps are now tactical...? I wish I was cool enough to have tactical apps

The only things on my phone are a shot timer app and a medication dictionary. Then I have a Garmin tactix watch for GPS and whatnot.

Posted: 5/13/2020 12:16:13 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By socommatthews:
Dang, apps are now tactical...? I wish I was cool enough to have tactical apps

The only things on my phone are a shot timer app and a medication dictionary. Then I have a Garmin tactix watch for GPS and whatnot.

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I dont do anything on a phone, so this is new to me.

What shot timer app? I heard there might be some that even pick up dry fire?

Posted: 5/13/2020 12:19:49 AM EDT

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Signal and Zello for secure comms

Posted: 5/13/2020 12:20:28 AM EDT

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Is this the larping for which you speak?

Dude, save some pussy for the rest of us.

I don't see any of these dudes wearing plate carriers. Maybe I'm out of the new tactical tummy stick war game loop.

FWIW apps that assist with nav, secure comms if needed, file sharing, weather, first aid and others are a good place to start.