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Saturday, May 27, 2017

Alt.Anonymous.Messages Newsgroup

[AAMDirect]

For two people who want to communicate securely and keep their
association secret there is the alt.anonymous.messages newsgroup.
This newsgroup posts PGP encrypted messages received through
mixmaster or similar posting methods. Messages are encrypted with the
intended recipient's PGP Public Key, and then anonymously posted to
the newsgroup. There are several ways of posting to the
alt.anonymous.messages newsgroup, but one of the most commonly used
methods, and the one that I  like is AAMDirect. Using the AAMDirect
software, you create a PGP Key Pair, prepare and encrypt messages,
and then anonymously post to the alt.anonymous.messages newsgroup.
The other party to the conversation simply uses AAMDirect to download
all encrypted messages and is able to decrypt the messages encrypted
with his or her PGP Public Key. There is no direct connection between
the sender and the recipient of the messages posted to the
alt.anonymous.messages newsgroup. AAMDirect has other built in
encryption tools, such as a symmetric encryption program and a
one-time pad program. 

Alt.anonymous.messages has been around since the early days of the
cipherpunk movement in the early 1990s. In 2013, at DEFCON-21, Tom
Ritter discussed de-anonymizing alt.anonymous.messages. His
presentation can be found on YouTube. If you use plan on using
alt.anonymous.messages frequently watching Mr. Ritter's presentation
is recommended to help you understand the strengths and weaknesses of
this newsgroup and its supporting services.

A.A.M Direct, also known as simply AAM Direct is a freeware program,
available from different sources on-line such as http://
aamdirect.sourceforge.net/. It's a particular kind of newsgroup
application for both reading and posting, hence communicating via the
alt.anonymous.messages newsgroup. As such, it can be considered a
private annex anonymous email system that doesn't use an email
account. The text content of the messages will be automatically
encrypted either via the Mixmaster remailer system or a secure TLS
connection using Stunnel and GnuPG.

Without going into further technical details, with AAM Direct you'll
get a solution that will enable two parties to communicate without
them having to be linked together, besides a program that can be used
to download all newsgroup alt.anonymous.messages.

Having a secure and private means of communication is an important
part of survival planning. Not every survival situation is a case of
being 'lost in the Tiaga'. It may be that your situation will be one
where you have access to the Internet and other infrastructure, but
one in which you must remain hidden and undetected.  AAMDirect and
alt.anonymous.messages gives you one means of communication that is
very difficult for an adversary to exploit.




Posted by Misha Chesbro at 9:45 PM #
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