[pp.int.general] MeowCat, a new internet messaging platform

[carlo von lynX]

On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 01:17:52PM +0100, Philip Hunt wrote:
> I've recently been building a website, MeowCat. (<http://meowc.at/>)
				^^^^^^^
> 
> Its long term goal is to enable anonymous public communication[1] and
> secure private communication[2] in such a way that governments will

you cannot provide neither anonymous public communication nor secure
private communication using a website. you have to publish software.

> not be able to spy on its users, or to shut it down without shutting
> down the whole internet.

there are several projects doing this kind of thing. their biggest
advantage is: they have source code published and function in a P2P
style because webservers cannot provide what you are talking about.

same criticism applicable also to the spanish website that was mentioned.

here's a fun and colourful way to learn why websites cannot offer what
you want:
	http://my.pages.de/dsn-vn/

and here's a scientific paper that goes in-depth:
	http://secushare.org/2011-FSW-Scalability-Paranoia

cheers