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by alessiosantocs 3766 days ago
Hey everyone. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

As of now, the product is in a very very early stage of development and I am aware that it still needs some fixing and improvements. What you see in the first page is essentially what I believe this product should aim to be: an open, anonymous and secure messaging system on the Web.

DanBC: I think a people need a secure and completely anonymous messaging system like the one I imagine. As of now I wouldn't trust the service myself because I know a lot can be done to improve security and the architecture itself needs a lot of work. I believe the only way a product like this can face the attacks you describe is through the support of the open source community. A product like this should be free and open for all.

What do you think? Are there similar products you would trust or that you like? How do we make encryption free and safe - and easy - for everyone to use?

Thanks again!

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I developed somethings similar a while ago for personal use, as I cannot trust anyone else's version.

The password is randomly chosen, but data is encrypted client side (as well as server side). I do update the code once in a great while, but ultimately I don't feel this can become a truly trustworthy product.

You can find the source here: https://github.com/johanns/Celox

Live site is here: https://celox.me

Good luck!

Looks way more secure than mine that's for sure. You don't think a product like this can become a trustworthy product, why? As I see it you trust your version of it, so if it was a decentralized system it would be a great fit for you. Plus, if it's written and reviewed by an open source community I think its value increases even more!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.