"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(a)tnode.com> wrote:
Hi!
Sharing.
Mitar
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From: Ron Steinherz <ron(a)denovogroup.org>
Subject: [internet-freedom] Murmur (formerly Rangzen) is live!
To: internet-freedom(a)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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