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Created page with "Launched in May 2015 as a clone of mebious.co.uk, '''mebio.us''' is a site with a similar focus to the original, though it was created in response to the closure of [[mebious..."
Launched in May 2015 as a clone of [[mebious.co.uk]], '''mebio.us''' is a site with a similar focus to the original, though it was created in response to the closure of [[mebious.mobi]].
It has several unique features, such as:
* All traffic is encrypted via SSL to prevent eavesdropping.
* The code is completely open source and it's encouraged that users create their own instances of it to create a decentralized community.
* Posts are completely anonymous and can never be matched to an IP address.
* It has a REST API which allows anonymous reading, and with an API key, posting to the site.
==Other Features==
* 512 character limit as opposed to the original site.
* Image support is planned, along with the possibility of audio. There is, however, no ETA on when these features will be complete.
==True Anonymity==
To achieve its stated "true anonymity", the site takes the following precautions:
* All webserver logs disabled completely.
* User IPs are hashed immediately as SHA1 and the plaintext representation of the IP address is discarded. The hashed IP is stored only for banning purposes. Thus, there is no way to link a post on the site to a real world identity.
==External Links==
* [https://mebio.us mebio.us]
* [https://github.com/mebio-us/mebio.us Site source code, MIT licensed.]
* [https://github.com/rein/mebious Barebones source code, without some "useless" additions made for .us]
* [https://twitter.com/mebio_us Twitter account, posts notices if the site is unavailable, as well as other content.]
It has several unique features, such as:
* All traffic is encrypted via SSL to prevent eavesdropping.
* The code is completely open source and it's encouraged that users create their own instances of it to create a decentralized community.
* Posts are completely anonymous and can never be matched to an IP address.
* It has a REST API which allows anonymous reading, and with an API key, posting to the site.
==Other Features==
* 512 character limit as opposed to the original site.
* Image support is planned, along with the possibility of audio. There is, however, no ETA on when these features will be complete.
==True Anonymity==
To achieve its stated "true anonymity", the site takes the following precautions:
* All webserver logs disabled completely.
* User IPs are hashed immediately as SHA1 and the plaintext representation of the IP address is discarded. The hashed IP is stored only for banning purposes. Thus, there is no way to link a post on the site to a real world identity.
==External Links==
* [https://mebio.us mebio.us]
* [https://github.com/mebio-us/mebio.us Site source code, MIT licensed.]
* [https://github.com/rein/mebious Barebones source code, without some "useless" additions made for .us]
* [https://twitter.com/mebio_us Twitter account, posts notices if the site is unavailable, as well as other content.]
