[guardian-dev] Nightweb

[Nathan of Guardian]

Abel Luck <abel at guardianproject.info> wrote:

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>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [briar-devel] Nightweb
>> Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:58:49 +0200
>> From: Eleanor Saitta <ella at dymaxion.org>
>> To: briar-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
>> 
>> Another anonymous (i2p) decentralized (bittorrent) mobile (android)
>> messaging client, written in clojure.  It doesn't look revolutionary,
>> exactly, and I haven't looked at the actual client yet, but it's
>> interesting, I guess: http://nightweb.net/
>> 
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>Pretty nifty little app here.
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>For those that don't know, I2P is low-latency anonymity network like
>Tor, but decentralized (no central root authorities). It's also gotten
>less attention from the academics.

It definitely piqued my interest in i2p again, especially because it is java and already ported to Android.

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>Sidebar: The dev uses  subreddit (/r/nightweb) instead of traditional
>opensource comm tools like a mailing list. I've noticed this is a
>growing trend among new projects with younger devs (<25 yrs). Reddit
>can
>be a powerful community enabler for a certain demographic in my
>experience. Many redditors are liable to be savy early adopters and
>"power users".

I am ready for my AMA, Mr. Luck! Who wants to be our moderator?

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