Amethyst v0.92.1: Tor & Transient Accounts
Amethyst is a free and open source Nostr client for Android.
- This version includes a default Tor service for .onion URLs and untrusted relays access from the Outbox model. It also offers NFC-hosted transient accounts, which log off and delete traces when the app backgrounds.
"Write your ncryptsec to an NFC tag and hide it in your clothing. When you need to use Amethyst, tap the tag, insert your password and login. Lock the screen to delete everything. If you are an activist and if your phone is confiscated, they will never find anything on the phone. Not even your public key. Ncryptsec is a NIP-49-based password-encrypted nsec. If you need, you can destroy and dispose the NFC tag."
- Amethyst v0.92.1 includes fixes for accessing local Citrine relay when Tor is enabled and zap splits on a first time connection to the NWC relay.
Testing an old idea: NFC-based transient accounts: accounts that log off as soon as the app goes to the background, deleting all traces of the account from the phone.
It looks like this in debugging speeds:
If you are an activist and if your phone is confiscated, they will never find anything on the phone. Not even your public key.
Walk around with Amethyst installed and an NFC tag hidden in your clothing. When you need to use Amethyst, tap the tag, insert your password and login. Lock the screen to delete everything.
The NFC has a NIP-49 password-encrypted nsec. If you need, destroy and dispose the NFC tag.
What's new
- Adds Tor node.
- Adds multiple settings for the use of Tor.
- Adds privacy presets to simplify Tor choices.
- Adds support for NFC-hosted transient accounts.
- Adds button to take and add pictures from camera.
- Adds Uncompressed option when uploading media.
- Adds support for Bloom filters.
- Adds zapstore yaml setup.
- Adds mempool api to verify OTS via Tor.
- Starts to build all OkHttp clients from a main root client to keep the same thread pool.
- Caches OTS web calls to avoid pinging the server repeatedly for the same event.
- Updates navigation compose, lifecycle, fragment, activity, composeBoms and AGP to 8.6.1.
- Improves OTS Verification error messages.
- Many updated translations and bug fixes.
Creator of Amethyst Vitor Pamplona has recently appeared on THE Bitcoin Podcast. Watch it here:
