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A Decentralized Secure P2P File-Sharing, Chat and Discussion Network: RetroShare

A Decentralized Secure P2P File-Sharing, Chat and Discussion Network: RetroShare | Into the Driver's Seat | Scoop.it
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Robin Good's curator insight, July 2, 2013 9:31 AM



RetroShare is a cross-platform, open-source, trusted and distributed P2P communication software and social sharing network.


Retroshare allows you to chat and share files of any size with your friends and family, using a web-of-trust to authenticate peers and OpenSSL to encrypt all communication.


RetroShare provides filesharing, chat, messages, forums and channels. Other key features include:

  • Serverless, completely decentralised
  • Multiple simultaneous downloads / uploads
  • Search Friends
  • Messages
  • Forums
  • Channels
  • Voice over IP
  • Instant messaging
  • Groupchat
  • GnuPG Authentication
  • OpenSSL Encryption
  • adding downloads via website links
  • Plugins support
  • UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding support
  • Graphical User Interface written with Qt4 toolkit
  • System tray integration


RetroShare has been inspired by the design of the Turtle algorithm:

"When designing Turtle, we were inspired by the way people living under oppressive regimes share information deemed "hostile" by their government (this can be books, newsletters, video and audio recordings, or even political jokes). Because of the potentially very serious consequences raising from being caught possessing/distributing such material, no single individual is willing to share it, except with close friends. Experience has repeatedly shown that, even in the most repressive environments, this "friends-to-friends" delivery network is remarkably effective in disseminating information, with relatively little risks for the participating parties; if one chooses his friends carefully, the chance of being caught doing the forbidden exchanges becomes very small."


Retroshare "... makes it difficult to intrude and hardly possible to monitor from an external point of view." This makes government monitoring and prosecution impossible beyond the will of Retroshare users


Free to use.


Find out more: http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/


Screenshots: http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html


Download (Mac, PC & Linux): http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/downloads.html 


(Thanks to Sepp Hasslberger)



Mr Tozzo's curator insight, July 2, 2013 10:03 AM

A Decentralized Secure P2P File-Sharing, Chat and Discussion Network: RetroShare

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Get A Free Personal 10GB Cloud Storage Space and Sync All Your Computers and Devices: CX

Get A Free Personal 10GB Cloud Storage Space and Sync All Your Computers and Devices: CX | Into the Driver's Seat | Scoop.it

CX (free to $19.99 per month) is a cloud-based syncing and storage back-up solution, similar to the well-known Dropbox, that gives you access to your files from virtually any Internet-connected device.

 

CX offers free downloadable software that works seamlessly on Windows and Mac, as well as free apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

 

Where native apps aren't supported—and they're notably missing from Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Linux—a straightforward and responsive website, CX.com, stands in just fine.

 

The free basic account offers 10GB and all of the features.

 

Read the full review on PC Magazine: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395993,00.asp 

 

Features: https://www.cx.com/features/ 

 

Pricing: https://www.cx.com/plans/ 

 

Fid out more: https://www.cx.com/ 

 

 


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Unlimited Screen-Sharing, Branded Private Rooms and File Sharing with YouDazzle

Unlimited Screen-Sharing, Branded Private Rooms and File Sharing with YouDazzle | Into the Driver's Seat | Scoop.it

Robin Good: YouDazzle is a new online collaboration service which allows you to share files, manage private meeting rooms, do screen sharing and have real-time discussions with your team members.

 

Key features include:

a minimum of 20 GB of storage File sharing Screen-sharing Unlimited private rooms Unlimited guests Analytics Dropbox Integration Custom Branding

 

PCWorld writes: "The company uses third-party public clouds, hosted by Amazon Web Services and DropBox, to not only store files in a cloud, but allow for multiple users to access them during Web meetings.

 

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YouDazzle features password protected online "rooms" that store files that can then be shared by a host with invited members to a meeting.

 

The software also supports screen sharing and a discussion feature that allows for real-time conversations during the online meeting.

 

The company's software is integrated with Dropbox APIs, which allows for documents that are stored in DropBox to be edited in the application and stored back into the cloud."

 

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YouDazzle, which released the product this week, has a free version, allowing one user to host a single meeting. (*Credit card required)

 

For $20 a month, a user can host an unlimited number of meetings, while for $40 up to three hosts can access the software and for $100 a month up to 10 hosts can start online meetings."

(Source: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/253389/youdazzle_combines_social_collaboration_cloud_storage.html ;)

 

Pricing: https://www.youdazzle.com/pricing ;

 

Try it out: https://www.youdazzle.com/ ;


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