For years the idea that all our emails are being monitored, scanned, recorded and permanently stored by government agencies has seemed like a theoretical problem
Yes, I have been a bit careful about what I say in emails, but I haven't been salting my data like I would on a controlled site like Facebook.
But like one of those people who suddenly realise that their phone is listening to everything they say, living in NZ I'm now waking up to the idea that email is not safe communication.
All emails, including free Protonmail accounts are being recorded.
Over the past few days I've been telling all my friends on the Hive blockchain about the new Bastyon (previously Pocketnet) encrypted chat.
Bastyon has several very useful features, but even for people who are not interested in cryptos or blogging, the chat alone is worth signing up for.
Now I'm haranguing all my email contacts to get their arses onto Bastyon and sign up for an account.
It's very easy to do, but if you have any issues get back to me and I can help you to get started. It is a lot easier to get started than on the Hive blockchain, which has always been the road block to getting my friends onto Hive.
They are doing some site updates today and it is loading a bit slowly - the old pocketnet url is being replaced by bastyon url which may be causing issues, and I think it may be under attack, as is about half the internet.
https://bastyon.com
When you sign up you don't need to provide a phone number and can supply any old burner email address - so with an anon account name you can stay fully off the radar.
Just make sure to store your 12 word seed phrase carefully with a backup copy - you need that to log in or to access your wallet.
https://www.frot.co.nz/design/pocketnet-for-hivians/
This is my main account - but I have others!
https://bastyon.com/frot
I wasn't originally going to post this on Hive, but fuck it, if I can't post the content I want to post on this blockchain it is not my blockchain. I'm not saying ditch Hive and go to Bastyon/Pocketnet - I'm saying use both.
Hive is better for long form blogging, but Bastyton is better for mass adoption and encrypted chat.
Good going @frot, always on the edge ..You have to have faith in your fellow mannnnnnnnn!
I don't have much of that!
It looks pretty awesome, the registering is smoothly, keys in the background (but there if you want it), a built-in messanger.
But nevertheless, I don´t want to spend time with another platform. I have only this one life!
BTW, why the downvotes?
Content - "antivax"
Friends - several non approved
Submissiveness level - zero
I am no longer meeting community standards...
So sad that even here there is no free speech anymore ☹️. If my posts would be annihilated, I would just quit.
I'm not going to quit - but I have powered down most of my HP stake and am concentrating my voting on Proof Of Brain
It's a good site apart from the fact that it is totally corrupt - but I've known that since late 2016...
can you earn anything there or it's just about the encryption ?
Yes you can earn Pkoin.
Because your voting power is not increased with more stake - everyone with 50 or more Pkoin has the same vote power - there is no inner circle of censorship and reward pool theft.
sounds pretty cool
give it a try - the sign up is fast and easy
not that many users yet, but one more big fakebook crash and that could change rapidly
i'm impressed with it - i wasn't two years ago when i first tried it - it ran like a pig - but its come a long way
I will, free crypto is always worth a shot :)