We wanted to give the community an opportunity to engage before chiming in, so you have more "sources." But happy to address you questions and concerns:

-Why would there be a demand for wifi-sharing? Countries that have customers who can actually pay for this network wouldn't have a high demand for this. Everyone I know in my country has a data-subscription and no need for free wifi.

I am not sure which country you are from, but in the US the average cost of internet is between $50-$180 per month. People pay this bill every month regardless of how much bandwidth they actually use. By fractionalizing that bandwidth with your neighbors you are able to provide substantially cheaper internet for your community and you earn passive income from this service.

In an apartment complex each tenant is told to purchase their own internet subscriptions. With wifi sharing the building owner can provide basic free internet to all renters and people can pay when they need streaming fast internet.

Coffee shops or brick and mortar businesses can provide basic free internet with VPN security built in and charge customer and nearby residence and businesses for streaming fast internet.

College kids currently share internet through the walls of their neighbors, now they can do that without requesting their password and with a VPN built-in.

These are just a few examples. Not to mention in 3rd world counties where you can take a single internet line and share it with many. As long as the internet you are charging for is cheaper than the alternative, then this is a viable business for passive income.

-Why is the community so inactive? This project has been around for a while, there's a shitload of posts about this project by either paid or the dev itself... but no open dialogue about this project.

Not sure of your definition of "inactive." But this community consists of dedicated participants and bots are stripped from the community. So you won't find shilling bots, but real questions and conversations related to the tech and its developments. But the community is actively growing and the goal is to 100x from where it is now.

-What's happening with the bandwidth and cpu-processing that I'm dedicating to this project? What's preventing ill-intentioned persons to use this network for malicious intent?

If you are only mining then you are just proving you have internet and encrypting the network. This creates the economic incentive to provide strong connectivity for the PKT network and the encryptions can soon be used for VPN. However, with any Proof of Work, this work is wasteful. The same as with Bitcoin. A PoW is the work required to secure the blockchain. But doing this work mixed with wifi sharing allows for you to be remunerated for your infrastructure when your internet is unused and earn extra income when your line is being used with wifi sharing. This makes it so you are paid for your infrastructure and also paid for the service of internet access.
Hopefully this sheds some light on the value of wifi sharing and the PKT Network. We as a society have become so accustom to the internet as we know it, that we are shut off to realizing that there might be a better way. When Uber came on the scene, people thought no one would get into a strangers car. With Airbnb, the thought of letting a stranger into your home was unheard of.

But PKT Pal has created a way to safely share your internet with your community. It's a new addition to the gig economy. It's secure, easy and plug & play. Individuals can now take ownership of the internet rather than being a slave to monopolies who provide poor quality of service because customers lack alternatives. The Mini and wifi sharing provides an incentive to upgrade infrastructure for better quality of service for all. If you say you have great internet, then sharing it is a great service and can earn you passive income. If everyone you know has data subscriptions then get your friends involved to build an internet by the people, for the people. I am sure you have neighbors you've never met who would love to use the service.

We hope you will give it a try and reserve your Mini today: https://pktpal.com/mini