Hi!

What? A decentralized messaging system? How does this has anything to do
with fear of surveillance?


Mitar

> "The motivations for the latter vary from
> prohibitive data costs, lack of Internet infrastructure, fear of
> surveillance and more."
>
> Just wondering- how does this have anything to do with fear of surveillance?
>
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Mitar <mitar@tnode.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Sharing.
>>
>>
>> Mitar
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> From: Ron Steinherz <ron@denovogroup.org>
>> Subject: [internet-freedom] Murmur (formerly Rangzen) is live!
>> To: internet-freedom@lists.berkeley.edu
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> De Novo Group is excited to announce the launch of Murmur (formerly
>> Rangzen)!
>>
>> Murmur is a free, open-source, anonymous messaging Android app that does
>> not require an Internet connection. Messages are not sent in real-time like
>> with other messaging apps that rely on the Internet and have a central
>> server, but instead spread directly from one device to another (forming a
>> delay-tolerant peer-to-peer network) without user intervention using
>> Bluetooth and WiFi Direct. The more devices the faster the message spreads
>> and if no device is around, the message is queued in the feed to be sent
>> later. Users control their anonymity and decide what information to share.
>> Lastly, Connection Scores help users filter spam messages and Restricted
>> Messages limit the audience to their friends.
>>
>> The motivation for the project originated in the days of the Arab Spring
>> when a need to help citizens of oppressive regimes circumvent
>> government-imposed communication blackouts was identified . Our
>> implementation followed the tenets laid down in the UC Berkeley EECS
>> research paper called “Rangzen: Circumventing Government-Imposed
>> Communication Blackouts”:
>> - Infrastructure Independent: A mobile mesh that easily scales without
>> compromising users’ safety
>> - Trustworthy: Leveraging social connections to resist attack and
>> infiltration
>> - Private: Providing strong anonymity guarantees to users to preserve their
>> privacy
>>
>> More background information about the project can be found here:
>> http://denovogroup.org/main/rangzen-project/
>>
>> The project initially was based on a rather restrictive user model or
>> extreme thread model as laid down in the research paper, but since then has
>> evolved to cater to a broader audience than just activists in blackouts and
>> include also ordinary folks looking for alternative ways of communication
>> using decentralized, device to device communication on the go, with little
>> to no fixed infrastructure. The motivations for the latter vary from
>> prohibitive data costs, lack of Internet infrastructure, fear of
>> surveillance and more.
>>
>> To download the app go to the Google Play page (as of Sun 1/31 night PST it
>> was still updating so give it a few hours if you get an error):
>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.denovogroup.murmur
>>
>> The project is hosted on the public Git repo at:
>> https://github.com/casific/murmur
>>
>> We welcome your feedback and involvement and want to deeply thank all of
>> the core team and everyone that has helped us along the way.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ron
>>
>>
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