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		northwest on Aug 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IronPigeon - Decentralized communication protocol ... RetroShare seems to be what you're looking for: http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/ It's the encrypted, decentralized/p2p, open-source communication suite (it also allows you to stay anonymous). You get: - VoIP - Chat (incl. group chat) - Messaging - Filesharing - Forums, Channels This kind of solution is called "darknet": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darknet_(file_sharing)

Sami_Lehtinen on Aug 19, 2013 [–]

Darknet is silly and confusing name for technology. Even if it sounds so cool. I think that Friend to Friend (F2F) network is much more descriptive name for technology, if you don't want to sound so elitistic.

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