On 07/10/2014 04:06 PM, hellekin wrote: > On 07/10/2014 10:38 AM, Keira Cran wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Invisible.im (http://invisible.im) is a really interesting project >> leveraging Tor to provide anonymous chat. It takes a fascinating >> approach using Tor hidden services, but is yet to be released to the >> public. >> >> It doesn't hurt that it has an all-star tech lineup as well! >> >> Best wishes, >> Keira >> > *** It sounds like the approach taken by Ciboulette [0], to run local > hidden services and federate them. Although I like the approach, I have > the intuition it's too much effort put on the user: while we're at the > point of installing servers locally to mimic P2P services, why not focus > the effort on advancing GNUnet services directly? > > The obvious advantage of GNUnet is that it's not just for chat, but > provides a complete infrastructure ranging from an alternate to DNS, to > HTTP transport, etc. [1] > > == > hk > > [0] https://github.com/b4zz4/Ciboulette > [1] https://gnunet.org/ > > XMPP over hidden services could be a good compromise between anonymity/security and usability. A non-tech user could just use a server he trusts. Organizations could provide trusted servers for internal or public use.
If a server is compromised, risks can be limited if users have good OPSEC habits (different coverts identities and so on ...) and use end-to-and encryption. Running a .onion on a machine that is not running all the time (like a laptop) like with Torchat or Cables could be risky because of the uptime monitoring of the hidden service. Piotr Chmielnicki @chmiel_p -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
