Free P2P alternative to Twitter: Twister

Twister is a microblogging platform based on the P2P principles from Bitcoin and Bittorrent. It is a scalable platform for censor-resistant posting and private messaging, with end-to-end encryption. Quoting slashdot:

The basic concepts are described in FAQ while more in-depth technical details are available from the white paper. The twister network is running already: the client can be compiled for Linux, Mac, and Android. 2500 usernames were registered in the first 6 days.

Groklaw is shutting down

Because of the surveillance. It is a shame.

So imagine how I feel now, imagining as I must what kind of world we are living in if the governments of the world think total surveillance is an appropriate thing?

I know. It may not even be about that. But what if it is? Do we even know? I don’t know. What I do know is it’s not possible to be fully human if you are being surveilled 24/7.

This is their closure letter. It’s worth a read.

You Cannot Expect Privacy When Sending Messages to Gmail – Says Google itself

one word: evil.

Google said: “Indeed, ‘a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turns over to third parties.”

Read the whole shit here