Re: [tor-talk] OT: Bitmessage

[Anthony Papillion <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 01/29/2016 07:05 AM, anonymous coward wrote:
> Good day (again),
> 
> what do you think about Bitmessage? Could it be, Bitmessage gives
> you some anonymity even without using TOR due to the way it works?
> 
> CouldnÂt TOR be extended in a way to work like Bitmessage? I guess
> BM is like a mesh or P2P thing, wouldnÂt adding such a technology
> enhance TOR?

As I understand it, Bitmessage can prevent an attack that reveals
/with whom/ you communicate but not /that/ you've communicated. It's a
step deeper than, say, using GnuPG. That works for many people in many
cases. However, there might be times when you want to hide, at least
"fairly locally" /that/ you've communicated and that's when BM falls down.

Additionally, the crypto of BM has never been properly verified as I
recall so we can't be sure how secure it actually is. With that alone,
all we can really say is that BM is a great idea that may or may not
protect users but could go further.

Overall though, I love the concept.

Anthony

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