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Re:Bitpost – Private decentralized messaging by awt on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @11:41AM (#8102826)
PGP AFAIK is simply encrypting the content of an email with the public key of the person you're going to send it to. The address is public. PGP is a bit of a hassle in terms of exchanging public keys and integrating with legacy email clients/web clients.

Bitmessage has additional features, such as the ability to broadcast messages from a public address to all subscribers.

Especially with this client, Bitmessage is actually much more user friendly and powerful.

To simplify,

PGP hides: content Bitmessage hides: content, recipient, sender.

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Re:Bitpost – Private decentralized messaging by danesparza on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @03:57PM (#8104596)
PGP isn't just for email.

"PGP is a bit of a hassle in terms of exchanging public keys" this is true, but it's a bit of a necessary evil. How do you accomplish this in a secure and transparent way?

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