Trsst to turn bitcoin addresses into blog IDs for encrypted messaging
The pros and cons of online privacy have been much debated recently. Since the Edward Snowden fiasco, people have hailed sites that facilitate online anonymity as the best thing since sliced bread. However, there's a darker side to the concealment of identity that the internet provides - just look at the storm still brewing around Ask.fm after teenager Hannah Smith committed suicide having being bullied by anonymous users of the site. With the above in mind, encrypted messaging platform Trsst will, potentially, be faced with praise from one camp and resistance from the other. The platform,....
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