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Re: Demonsaw – Secure sharing platform

#21

I would've been much more inclined to take this seriously had the testimonials not all been from John McAfee. After all he's been in the news for in the past few years, I'd treat a promotion by him as more harmful than helpful.

Pretty sure that's tongue-in-cheek.

Re: Demonsaw – Secure sharing platform

#24

It's closed source (i'm not asking for FOSS, just being able to compile myself) and there is a business behind it. It talks about protecting my privacy. Tell me how I should believe that.

The software is free and based on your comment your looking for someone to trust. All communication and crypto is based on trust. If your waiting for someone else to make something for you... you are by default trusting them to do the security for you.

Re: Demonsaw – Secure sharing platform

#25
post #5

It's closed source (i'm not asking for FOSS, just being able to compile myself) and there is a business behind it. It talks about protecting my privacy. Tell me how I should believe that.

According to the FAQ: >Is demonsaw going to be Open Source? >This was the question that I was most asked at Defcon. Demonsaw's foundation is built off of DemonCrypt, which is open-source and available for free on GitHub (MIT License, also developed by me). Demonsaw itself builds upon DemonCrypt's functionality and creates a graphical interface for users. I can't find that repository though (this is the closest thing…

That link was for the workshop files.

Re: Demonsaw – Secure sharing platform

#26
post #15

What problem does this solve exactly? (As others have mentioned), it's closed source, so who is going to trust it with personal data? I'd much rather trust bittorrent sync than this but this point is really irrelevant. This isn't mom and pop software. On the other hand, those who would like to use it seriously (pirates, hackers, those who value privacy) will laugh at it, not only because it's closed source and thus a…

Time is your friend. Just wait and watch. It's ticking, one second by one... but in a friendly way it does it's "ticking job" or... maybe better "tickling job" ? You choose, what fits best for your case. btw, seems that the open core CPP project is available through site's Download section... under title with big letters named "Crypto for Hackers: The Workshop" as is denoted here: https://github.com/eijah/demonsaw/is…

Yeah. It was a workshop at Defcon. There seems to be a huge lack of awareness in this thread!

Re: Demonsaw – Secure sharing platform

#27
post #12

It's closed source (i'm not asking for FOSS, just being able to compile myself) and there is a business behind it. It talks about protecting my privacy. Tell me how I should believe that.

Bittorrent Sync has the same problem, closed-sourced and only the businesses claims as to its security and 'truly private' sharing technology. Such a shame as I was really excited about Demonsaw, thought it was 'the one'.

It is... at least until something better comes along. Build your own if you want it... That is what the workshop was for.

Re: Demonsaw – Secure sharing platform

#29
Eijah here. Just finished up defcon and traveling all day today. Be glad to do an AMA tomorrow to answer all your questions. Will upload the MIT open source Demoncrypt code to git tomorrow (sorry didn't sleep much this weekend). In the meantime you can contact me directly @demon_saw or eijah at demonsaw dot com.

Re: Demonsaw – Secure sharing platform

#30

It's closed source (i'm not asking for FOSS, just being able to compile myself) and there is a business behind it. It talks about protecting my privacy. Tell me how I should believe that.

but look at their supporters, how can you not trust that!
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