Anselus is the next generation of online communications
Private
Messages are completely encrypted. Only the sender and recipients can read them. E-mail sends postcards, we send registered mail.Free
Just like e-mail, no one "owns" it, and you can run your own private service if you wish. Anyone can write software for it. Anselus is Free Software.Authentic
Be absolutely certain that a message came from the person listed in the Sender box. Phishing just got a lot harder.Efficient
Imagine the possibilities if your calendar, to-do list, address book, and inbox all worked together with the only goal of helping you get things done.Secure
Eliminate or reduce malicious attachments, spam, phishing, surveillance, and other nasties.Multitalented
Down the road, you'll be able to keep up on newsfeeds and we'll replace Facebook and Twitter, too. One stop for a large part of your digital life.How It Works
Here's a basic idea of how it works:
- Bob and Alice meet at an industry convention and want to connect afterward. Alice gives Bob her business card which includes her Anselus address.
- Back at the office, Bob sends a contact request to Alice. The request only contains contact information that Bob wishes to share with her. In this case, it is his company and his title, his phone number, his Anselus address, and his encryption key.
- Alice accepts his request, which sends to Bob her contact information and encryption key. Her information is automatically added to Bob's address book and Bob is notified that he has a new contact.
- Alice sends Bob the business proposal they had discussed at the convention. Her message is digitally signed and then encrypted by Bob's key so he knows she sent it and no one can read it except him.
- Bob reads the business proposal, which is at this point automatically saved on his hard drive for him, and schedules a meeting with management to discuss it.
If it sounds like e-mail with some extra magic, that's because it pretty much is. Messaging on the Anselus platform is familiar: "friend" requests happen and then e-mail just like before. All of the hard stuff is hidden out of sight, but accessible if needed. The beautiful thing about Anselus is that while it was originally conceived to fix e-mail, it does *so much more*.