Ask HN: Most Secure Way to Communicate?

Re:Ask HN: Most Secure Way to Communicate? by LinuxBender on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @12:32PM (#35876847)

- One method could be a Linux laptop and using SSH to talk over devzat [1] They should generate a site-specific ssh key to talk to your devzat instance. The developer is here on HN. Configure devzat to listen on port 443. To do this as a non-root account use "setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep /path/to/devzat". They have a live instance both of you could try out. Using SSH takes most of the risk of compromised state-run certificate authorities out of the picture.

- If the goal is to have voice chat then install uMurmur [2] on your router or a VM or any node that is publicly reachable. They should use Mumble on a laptop but if they had to use a cell phone then there is the Mumla app to talk to your uMurmur instance. uMurmur takes a couple minutes to set up. Self-hosted uMurmur reduces the risk of utilizing platforms that have a "wink wink nod nod" relationship with the state.

[1] - https://github.com/quackduck/devzat

[2] - https://github.com/umurmur/umurmur/wiki/Configuration

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Re:Ask HN: Most Secure Way to Communicate? by quackduck on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @10:45PM (#35883058)

did not know it was possible to use such ports as not-root.

anyway here is a direct link to how you can host your own devzat server: https://github.com/quackduck/devzat#want-to-host-your-own-in...

good luck, OP!

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