Security is a concern these days, with story after story about history of captured messages or blocked chats. It is important to have a secure and reliable method of communication when you want to avoid such encounters. Reducing a chat client to a client that doesn’t require a server is the ideal transport method. Without the server, it would be less likely to be viewed as the only other methods of reading the text would be through access to the client itself or capturing the exchange intermediate.
Bitmessage is a free application available for both Windows and Mac OS X. No servers are set up to send and receive messages. Users create unique addresses that they then share with each other. Those are the addresses used to send and receive encrypted text. You can even route traffic through a proxy if you so choose. There is also a broadcast option that sends a message to multiple users – more specifically to users who have registered your address.
Read more about these features in detail below.
Create a unique address to send messages
Step 1: Download Bitmessage here for Windows or Mac OS X.
The program is contained in a file named bit messagebut temporary files are stored elsewhere in the user’s files Program data folder. We’ll see how to change this further, if desired.
Step 2: On launch, open Your identity tab and press New to create a unique address that other users will know about you.
A prompt will appear, asking how to create the address. Choose the first option to use a random number. Enter a name for the address and select Use the most available stream.
Step 3: Now you can copy the address and share it with the people you want to chat with.
Send and receive texts with other addresses
Before sending any data, we must add the port that Bitmessage uses to the router. This allows traffic to be forwarded to the correct client. Open your router interface and enter the default TCP port 8444like this:
There are two ways to send text to an address. The first is more personal and applies to one address at a time. The second method broadcasts a message to all who are listening to your address.
Send to specific people
Step 1: Create addresses for continuous use easily by placing them in your address book. find Address tab and select the button labeled Add new entry. Fill in the other user’s details and press ALRIGHT to save it.
Step 2: Right click on any entry in the address book and select Send a message to this address.
Step 3: Make sure the first option is selected so that this message is sent to only one recipient. Then select the address you want to send from (the one you created in Step 2 above) and then fill in the details of the message.
New messages will display a reminder in the notification area of the taskbar.
You can read and reply directly from Inbox navigation.
Broadcast messages to subscribers
The second method of sending a text is to broadcast it to people who subscribe to your address.
Step 1: Someone first needs to register your address, they can do this from their address book. Right click on an address and select Register this address.
Step 2: Now the owner of the address must create a new message from Send navigation. Instead of sending it to a single user, they must choose the second option to broadcast the message.
Select the address with subscribers, enter the message details, then send it to reach all contacts.
Install protection system
The Black list tab is available if you want to block all incoming connections except those that are explicitly listed.
Open Setting menu item if you want to run all traffic through Tor or a proxy server. Find this option in Network settings navigation.
Also in SettingUnder User interface tab, set Bitmessage to Runs in Portable Mode so the data files are stored in one location. This ensures files are not stored all over the computer, which can be used to track back messages. It’s all stored in one folder, which you can easily move to an external drive or erase completely with a single swipe.
Conclusion
Although rich text is not supported in Bitmessage (and therefore usability for every text transmission is not possible), the fact is that data is sent from peer to peer without having a centralized server – and encrypted data – helps me place it high on my leaderboard for a free and secure app.
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