BitMessage

[jdcarpe]

Anyone here use BitMessage?

Q: What is BitMessage?
A: Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs. If Bitmessage is completely new to you, you may wish to start by reading the whitepaper. [Taken from https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Main_Page]

BitMessage works a lot like Bitcoin, except that you aren't mining anything. All connections are peer-to-peer (P2P) and there is no central server that must relay your messages. It is encrypted by default. It also discourages spam, since your machine must complete a proof-of-work block for every message you send or relay. While your machine is on and running the BitMessage software, your client becomes a node in a stream. Everything is decentralized, so redundancy is inherent.

Setting up BitMessage on Windows: tutorial

My BitMessage address: BM-2DBW5S8B9ee5Kdjeu9x32fmvaycjY3ESfX

Send me a message, I'll send you one back!

[jdcarpe]

jdcarpe: BM-2DBW5S8B9ee5Kdjeu9x32fmvaycjY3ESfX
Binge: BM-2D7BBV1njsgufyojXnP4jjEdaYNDYVFfJk
[username]: [BitMessage address]

[vun]

Looks interesting, although I don't know what I'd do with it so I'll just keep an eye on this thread for now, might decide to set it up sometime later.

[jdcarpe]

Looks interesting, although I don't know what I'd do with it so I'll just keep an eye on this thread for now, might decide to set it up sometime later.

Well, if you can get people to use it to exchange messages instead of email, it can be your email replacement. With the recent revelations into what the NSA is collecting from services based here in the US, such as Gmail, etc., I think we will see more decentralized messaging such as this.

[alaricljs]

Why not just use encrypted email then?

[lcs]

I am sending one to you, jd. It is still trying to get your pub key

[jdcarpe]

Why not just use encrypted email then?

Because people won't do it. It's too much trouble for them to setup keys in GnuPG, use Thunderbird + Enigmail, etc. Also, this hides the sender and receiver information, as well, since there is no header sent in the clear.

[vun]

Looks interesting, although I don't know what I'd do with it so I'll just keep an eye on this thread for now, might decide to set it up sometime later.

Well, if you can get people to use it to exchange messages instead of email, it can be your email replacement. With the recent revelations into what the NSA is collecting from services based here in the US, such as Gmail, etc., I think we will see more decentralized messaging such as this.

That's where I'm not seeing the immediate benefit for me, it's probably over a year since I used e-mail to talk to someone, after that pretty much all the e-mails I've sent have been to various customer supports and whatnot.
Not really expecting them to switch to this anytime soon. Most of my online conversation is done via skype or something.

[tp4tissue]

Why not just use encrypted email then?

Because people won't do it. It's too much trouble for them to setup keys in GnuPG, use Thunderbird + Enigmail, etc. Also, this hides the sender and receiver information, as well, since there is no header sent in the clear.

My words are so compelling that even without address information, they'd immediately know who sent it

[Sifo]

Why not just use encrypted email then?

Because people won't do it. It's too much trouble for them to setup keys in GnuPG, use Thunderbird + Enigmail, etc. Also, this hides the sender and receiver information, as well, since there is no header sent in the clear.

My words are so compelling that even without address information, they'd immediately know who sent it

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Sounds about right.

[tp4tissue]

Why not just use encrypted email then?

Because people won't do it. It's too much trouble for them to setup keys in GnuPG, use Thunderbird + Enigmail, etc. Also, this hides the sender and receiver information, as well, since there is no header sent in the clear.

My words are so compelling that even without address information, they'd immediately know who sent it

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Sounds about right.

[SpAmRaY]

Why not just use encrypted email then?

Because people won't do it. It's too much trouble for them to setup keys in GnuPG, use Thunderbird + Enigmail, etc. Also, this hides the sender and receiver information, as well, since there is no header sent in the clear.

My words are so compelling that even without address information, they'd immediately know who sent it

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Your on the watchlist aren't you?

[Krogenar]

Looks interesting, although I don't know what I'd do with it so I'll just keep an eye on this thread for now, might decide to set it up sometime later.

This is cool, but I wish to remain off the 'No-Fly List', LOL!

[tp4tissue]

Why not just use encrypted email then?

Because people won't do it. It's too much trouble for them to setup keys in GnuPG, use Thunderbird + Enigmail, etc. Also, this hides the sender and receiver information, as well, since there is no header sent in the clear.

My words are so compelling that even without address information, they'd immediately know who sent it

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Your on the watchlist aren't you?

which one are you referring to, GH or NSA
 

[uzoc]

JDcarpe: Sent you a message, just wanted to know what the reply looks like... 

[Binge]

I've hopped on board, here's my public GH address,

BM-2D7BBV1njsgufyojXnP4jjEdaYNDYVFfJk

[uzoc]

If you give out your address here (or anywhere public/private), it starts becoming less secure...
It can be linked to your Geekhack ID and contact info, etc, etc.

[Binge]

^ this does not make sense.