Michel,

"when former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked details about the U.S. government’s massive surveillance of internet traffic and social networks. Almost immediately, Freitas started building a more secure and robust alternative to Twitter, making use of code from two other massively successful online projects: bitcoin and BitTorrent."

see

[04:51:07 PM] Richard Logie: Out in the Open: An NSA-Proof Twitter, Built With Code From Bitcoin and BitTorrent
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/01/twister/
[04:52:59 PM] Richard Logie: http://twister.net.co

Thomas

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