How to route all bitmessage traffic through Tor

Tor Browser Bundle

Navigate to Settings > Network Settings and select SOCKS5 from the Type: drop down under the Proxy server / Tor section.
Next to 'Server hostname:' enter 'localhost' and next to 'Port:' enter '9150'.
Select ok.
Restart Bitmessage.

Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers.

It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities.

It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs.

Bitmessage can also be ran on TAILS.


Comments


[5 Points] tailsjoin:


[1 Points] Nick-Rivers:

So...what do you gain by doing this?


[1 Points] 88388883883838:

You didnt mention that bitmessage sends a copy of your emails to everyone on the network and they arent encrypted without manually pgp.


[1 Points] the_mensche:

Ya