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Excellent, I was making a list of this kind of service but having the source code available is a must. And this is exactly what we need against NSA...

If someone is interested I share a list of similar approaches:

https://www.getshareapp.com/v2 (from BitTorrent, requires a plugin):

http://www.jetbytes.com/

http://www.filesovermiles.com/

http://host03.pipebytes.com/

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Similar approach to ShareFest - http://rtccopy.com/

Hi errbysam, We used it to cross-reference and discover this bug in firefox: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=842283 star it to get it fixed faster.

Awesome catch, Thanks! upvoted & cc'd

Nice, well jetbytes and pipebytes do transfer the file via a server.

Supposing you're ok with using a client (open-source): http://retroshare.sourceforge.net is exploding.

(It's not just file sharing, though: it aims to address your entire encrypted p2p communication needs.)

There should be a HN keysharing thread. FWIW, here is mine:

  -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
   Version: OpenPGP:SDK v0.9
  
  xsBNBFHUtg4BCACvWPNRhEGm/n3o+1tr1ye71SWwiCYDdC8cTn7t38Gmo/E/HG4q
  hgOJvRp8kAStwryzggAwRrE8rfEsJEP6YaGw+vTQVQffwKw6C4MlGx3TJ5OgklLl
  93eAw0hfTVNZCcQ42g/wzEjigAcmb+Kd15M8wCKKNX0VR96SJjJMS+z7Fv0UGKSo
  MJnqS+6HLyR6SrgbIsRrGOziHDIz03ycH2T3Ckc66zmwvzi6uwcQFpVoqmtQZIiE
  nFzNJHLrtr+SlXQLw4rJgNixsUgiCBzm7nM2548ygk3OEOVFQA2HfSvrG8PlhdKo
  KtJBimYkov6eEgyDFrwBwUaqLUeSxHaH563JABEBAAHNJHBocmVlemEgKEdlbmVy
  YXRlZCBieSBSZXRyb1NoYXJlKSA8PsLAXwQTAQIAEwUCUdS2DgkQ7F/6kYGHq0IC
  GQEAAMNmB/9SOQFld2G8roNu+VOX5L0h0u6Hl4IsOpdxRkMofO0LFzH7n7+6EkBS
  sXOdBvcLo3UL2cJxCf3bI/u2MJrrRbIdls2id2g4egAtnupXtLVu6q6S1vRg40PB
  2ab4iJKe4Siz5QedsZd6HGfaV46fEWl6Tfu/sbIVH+5vHqc9A/CYUW8HjGQRFm0Z
  Q4P1jwHkMTt/o6fUWWmja6/2Wz3j4v8HtkAuvusVqlPXmdDDNpyOt9L3stTQF1XQ
  XskJaegiNhp8j7MlMEb9TGNFRaim1G/w8EwCauO8j+fjHJxvXmmqCzL/pG1cxKik
  WYWfKn3+Q5MUfPpGltj0HdOkEw/yuu35
  =37ck
  -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
  --SSLID--a71db6edde2788ece31c3437098be374;--LOCATION--mba;
  --LOCAL--192.168.0.4:33395;--EXT--92.229.126.245:44003;

I've added you as a friend on Retroshare. Don't forget to approve me.

I think you need to send me your public key for that.

Exactly. Both sides must initially exchange their public key (called "certificate" in this case).

It's of course the exact same logic as with encrypted email ("public key encryption" or "asymmetric encryption").

Sorry. Here's mine:

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: OpenPGP:SDK v0.9

xsBNBFG0XDIBCADiHErShXdFVj8+XSsmYfVaeYwr3nykLVbfDQbQvYx2gNO23iXv UyGOqTqx7UtC3EP3oAoJqAAs7sK5OjklivV4WqxVQUwX9sqEYn2ht0u20K3rBXhh /c9TfcFFeGi9SwTkiA/754sQYu7Lz5iR4q6xmrb+Ki4CCuoxl06/7MBLoKOhS4ZO 2bkegwynbx5oMHAgfvR1Ov6au9IxFrm7W6HIC1IDRLisEQZnKg6PYE8KXTV1NbsU wikQ6hSIrnrlPvbkimbiVUTX8NwRSRXrDPW1YYw5oqU/HgNUA78Y9LIkTLwmdFrz 0LWs+gDTN3eethggEGrAkKVlQOPFg/3lUIdDABEBAAHNJGF3ZXNvbWUgKEdlbmVy YXRlZCBieSBSZXRyb1NoYXJlKSA8PsLAXwQTAQIAEwUCUbRcMgkQTx3tq5dI1QoC GQEAABbhCADSG2iosMirYi6MDJYvY7cwPluxpWYXkzNdW/fMJI+2iIWs39lGUDBY //tBZLwUW1zh5Bb1w+I0Ms8R35zgKH4f59pMpNTTeKTttQ8CQFekW3dCwKbNQRIc 6bdyafSilnI6jNrn4sYiMOmflqGurSVYFmQ8DUVg+pNHKGh909Gs3IahsWxpaGux NSPZ43h5oz/mDObJV9DUUxO8zpT011Fcx7/pqBfnZ39cArNCHs4SNMwwCyrfAo7F 0HgmrYZ5szRwXBROqInBNUdiNa3U/7FDBiw1NHRkWXEtPgkynO73Jl+NKngzxFb9 M6zkGiKprN4RnetC0JBWJIYq3y4GLew8 =vojG -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- --SSLID--6786bb2895fc63074c4623ca891c851a;--LOCATION--Earth;

Here I am:

    -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
    Version: OpenPGP:SDK v0.9

    xsBNBFHYH2QBCAChckyg3kkChkKonezTlhUgeXMVqPP3Pn8W5LJrRsRTWG6VnMa4
    L5lB71dPLKRKZt68ZHTY/s2FC/W6fR32me2pKb1IKZGZlnbrWEIEAtonqgjR9dJo
    VkEEHFe+an2HLbfIxFXFRDKeBCfcP+cnOoehSDvsuopoVy6MKSnjd/OHOiV2k5jC
    tCGQiJN1L1rIq+0S6YyouHUrLCMgMu1PM37vhRhXR0Y3XIgwaCqmtyiiiu3Kck9s
    kvI7E8Tk/3HqscgfwUPg9anT6gHWGrUY3iqIvTFfuNOiW2EuEj4SYxNBLhXgJ+9J
    styxRQMTp2z2G1/9pqEcObBBrURGwdGwImLjABEBAAHNSVN0YXZyb3MgS29yb2tp
    dGhha2lzIChHZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgUmV0cm9TaGFyZSkgPHN0YXZyb3NAa29yb2tp
    dGhha2lzLm5ldD7CwF8EEwECABMFAlHYH2QJEK4oESk9rbCrAhkBAAAOcAf+KeGg
    dDVoBYcJbtjIZQr/HbU0cDajv03nbq41n5Kcx+zR8FIIEK7s0bzimqFmfKlZnIlR
    I3Jh+WPTY/k0AKP8BX6ykP2VkzK0zj7St+HB9rHhTjff4ImdAjRz7sL7SDSlyk2V
    YcvnthVPENKF7qMPePC9agU7M8E+xQ76VAcIpL5TE9tDg0BhSBk89aejvNwMWwxO
    fVYc8BT8XrWKe8Y4Ln3qHQl9SoD8ab3jzed7ZhyYxwgFDcEouRlsx4XfcPfWvXTz
    oHbfOHxpYVpp2hpcuiRvgJKde3fwt81WZ+WRN7bHT1u22Ojc/rBNCJ0A4wvGiRJS
    jqophn2OYb5W7Dcp3Q==
    =5kYc
    -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
    --SSLID--ad7dd0f6c5b84fe6cabf3ac62bb2618a;--LOCATION--Laptop;
    --LOCAL--192.168.1.102:62835;--EXT--0.0.0.0:0;

add you

Why not simply paste the key into the about field of the personal properties page?

Done! Not that I am really using it (yet?), but I'd love to play with it, especially the forum feature (reminds me of usenet clients, which I never really got to use because that was before my time) - so feel free to "add me" if you're a "casual" yourself, or even if you're super serious about it, but don't mind playful old me.

I added you. Add me too and we can start an HN channel.

Cheers!

Done.

I add my public key to my gravatar image. The page I made to do this is here http://kybernetikos.github.io/VisualSecrecy/

Thanks, I was just looking for something like this!

Obviously it's just a proof of concept, but I think the principle is good. Let me know if you use it.

It looks awesome but they don't seem to have an x64 build for Ubuntu :(

That's the nice thing about browser technology... alleviates the pains cross platform

True. If you can present a browser-based solution with this feature set, no ads, no tracking, and source code available, I'm definitely sold.

That's what we aim for

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