Safe to use bitmessage on windows?

Vendor only seems to use bitmessage as a means of consistent communication but I can't run it on tails afaik. Is it safe to download it and talk about dnm related shit on my normal pc?


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[3 Points] sapiophile:

I wouldn't recommend it. It's actually not too difficult to run BitMessage on Tails straight from the source code. Check out the instructions here: https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Compiling_instructions#Linux

TL;DR: when starting Tails, choose "More Options" and set an administrator password, then open a terminal in Tails and type: sudo apt-get install python openssl git python-qt4 then git clone https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage $HOME/PyBitmessage then ~/PyBitmessage/src/bitmessagemain.py

That's it! You're now running BitMessage on Tails. Make sure it gets saved in your Tails Persistence volume so that you don't need to set it up again on subsequent boots.

I wouldn't recommend using it on Windows because the absolute foundation of OPSEC is compartmentalization and separation of identities and activities. Any "crossover" or "leaks" from one set of activities to the other puts both at risk. And if you're asking this question, then it's pretty likely that your Windows setup is not secure, and so it may be trivial for anyone to observe your BitMessage activity on Windows and connect it to all kinds of other things. Plus, you'll be getting the vendor's bitcoin address via BitMessage, and it's really annoying to type in a full BTC address that you're reading off another screen. This might tempt you to start keeping your bitcoin accessible by Windows, too, and that's just a really bad idea.

So try following the instructions above, and let me know if you run into any problems.


[1 Points] honestlyimeanreally:

Shit man, windows ain't safe in and of itself when the mannnnn wants to getcha