What is the point with Bitmessage ? | Bitcointalksearch.org

larem

sr. member

Activity: 350

Merit: 250

Quote from: Amphytrion on June 17, 2013, 03:23:04 AM

Quote from: guyver on June 17, 2013, 03:15:57 AM

why use it then

I guess the primary end-users of bitmessage would be those that have a need for secure communications.

Privacy is privacy. You don't have to do things that are wrong to need it. It should be a given right. Just like with my vehicle... I have nothing illegal in there, but that doesn't mean I will let any police officer that asks go through my car. Will he find something? No. But the principle is that he's invading privacy by doing so.

r3wt

hero member

Activity: 686

Merit: 504

always the student, never the master.

Quote from: guyver on June 17, 2013, 03:15:57 AM

why use it then

to avoid the prying eyes of PRISM, and the Multi-billion dollar spying companies that monitor you tv, internet, cellphone, and all other functions of your daily life.

Amphytrion

newbie

Activity: 29

Merit: 0

Quote from: guyver on June 17, 2013, 03:15:57 AM

why use it then

I guess the primary end-users of bitmessage would be those that have a need for secure communications.

Jaxkr

sr. member

Activity: 420

Merit: 250

Quote from: guyver on June 17, 2013, 03:15:57 AM

why use it then

Anonymity and privacy.

guyver

full member

Activity: 216

Merit: 100

why use it then

r3wt

hero member

Activity: 686

Merit: 504

always the student, never the master.

Quote from: Amphytrion on June 17, 2013, 03:12:34 AM

Quote from: cryptofreak on June 17, 2013, 03:02:33 AM

What is the usance of Bitmessage ?
It seems to me like Twitter. Doing the same what others already do just much worse.

From what I understand, there's magic going on behind the scenes that makes it trustless, you don't inherently trust any entity like service providers (twitter, gmail, facebook) root certificate authorities.

So in time there will be nicer front ends, but the essential protocol itself I believe holds some appeal.

exactly. as soon as it has more features and is more bad ass looking and k3wl, then i will probably download it again. for instance, if you could send a bitmessage from your cellphone, i'd be all over that shit.

Amphytrion

newbie

Activity: 29

Merit: 0

Quote from: cryptofreak on June 17, 2013, 03:02:33 AM

What is the usance of Bitmessage ?
It seems to me like Twitter. Doing the same what others already do just much worse.

From what I understand, there's magic going on behind the scenes that makes it trustless, you don't inherently trust any entity like service providers (twitter, gmail, facebook) root certificate authorities.

So in time there will be nicer front ends, but the essential protocol itself I believe holds some appeal.

cryptofreak

newbie

Activity: 14

Merit: 0

Quote from: Jaxkr on June 17, 2013, 03:05:15 AM

Quote from: r3wt on June 17, 2013, 03:03:57 AM

yeah its a pain in the ass to use.

How dare you. Tongue

To the thread starter, Bitmessage is a decentralized messaging service, that allows users to send messages to one another. It's nothing like Twitter, except for broadcasts, which are similar to notification emails.
It's awesome because it can never be wiretapped or shut down.

Thanks.
Torchat also cannot be wiretapped and can do anything what Bitmessage can but much faster and with less ressources.

Jaxkr

sr. member

Activity: 420

Merit: 250

Quote from: r3wt on June 17, 2013, 03:03:57 AM

yeah its a pain in the ass to use.

How dare you. Tongue

To the thread starter, Bitmessage is a decentralized messaging service, that allows users to send messages to one another. It's nothing like Twitter, except for broadcasts, which are similar to notification emails.
It's awesome because it can never be wiretapped or shut down.

r3wt

hero member

Activity: 686

Merit: 504

always the student, never the master.

yeah its a pain in the ass to use.

cryptofreak

newbie

Activity: 14

Merit: 0

What is the usance of Bitmessage ?
It seems to me like Twitter. Doing the same what others already do just much worse.

Topic: What is the point with Bitmessage ? (Read 578 times)