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Bitmask: an open source app to provide easy and secure encrypted communication

45 pointsby psiconautover 10 years ago

5 comments

therealmarvover 10 years ago
I would be sceptical. Does this thing breaks open standards like OpenVPN? I would love an opensource implementation of <a href="http://www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn/chameleon" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goldenfrog.com&#x2F;vyprvpn&#x2F;chameleon</a> which works in China and also prevents Deep Packet Inspection. And about VPN: VPNs can also be a single point of failure for trust. You are giving away trust on your current connection from your ISP to maybe Bitmask&#x2F;LEAP and a VPN which they call service provider. I also wonder how you want to make the financial side of this working. Running VPNs is expensive. I hope you succeed but I would say: Do not trust any free VPN out there.
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tinloafover 10 years ago
Encrypted E-Mail is not the problem, there already are packages that install gpg without any hassle. What must be solved is the problem of which keys to trust. The web of trust just doesn&#x27;t work. Are there any concepts how to solve this with Bitmask?
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TD-Linuxover 10 years ago
So, this is a VPN client? I find it odd that it only supports Linux and Android, considering that these two platforms already have built in and fully functional VPN clients.
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utnickover 10 years ago
I don&#x27;t really understand what this is, is it a vpn?
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romsebover 10 years ago
For secure communication we should leave email behind because there&#x27;s still a lot of metadata when using email.<p>Bitmessage (<a href="https://bitmessage.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bitmessage.org</a>) might prove to be a viable solution to the metadata problem.
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