We want Gliph to be the best way to connect and transact no matter where you live. That’s why today we’re announcing support for the Copenhagen-based BIPS Bitcoin Wallet.

BIPS is well-known for its free Bitcoin merchant solutions, but it also offers a solid Bitcoin web-wallet for individuals.

BIPS’ Bitcoin wallet supports a variety of international options for funding your wallet including direct deposits from banks in Canada and Denmark. When you need to sell Bitcoin, BIPS lets you convert Bitcoin into an impressive 45 different fiat currencies:

Supported Fiat Currencies on BIPS

If you’re checking out Bitcoin for the first time, you can now use Gliph’s Instant Wallet Creation to get started with a wallet on BIPS. If you already have a Bitcoin wallet on BIPS, you can attach it to your Gliph account with a simple sign-in process.

No matter what Bitcoin Wallet provider you use on Gliph, you get the convenience of easily sending Bitcoin with other people using Gliph’s unique chat-based Bitcoin transfer system on iOS, Android and the Mobile Web.

We’ve had our eye on stronger international support in Gliph for some time, and are pleased extend Gliph’s Bitcoin support to BIPS’ userbase and its popularity in Europe. In July, we added a server in Ireland, so everyone in Europe should have a faster experience with Gliph overall too.

Our team has been planning to add multi-wallet since we first released Gliph with Bitcoin at the Bitcoin 2013 conference. We have some exciting ideas for deeper integration of Bitcoin into Gliph’s platform in the future and hope you start enjoying easier transactions with people across the globe today! 

In case you missed the links, you can learn about Bitcoin here, or try out Bitcoin via a BIPS wallet now on the Gliph for iPhone, Android or the Web. 

Update: Our cooperative press release with BIPS is now available here.

A variety of companies and publications have released new articles or information to mark the day. Microsoft released results of a new survey of 1,000 US adults that shows privacy is becoming more important to people, yet a sense of powerlessness pervades.

In the key findings of the report, 45% of people feel they have little or no control over personal information gathered by companies about them. Below is a graphic that shows how much control people feel they have over personal information shared online:

The circles on the graph indicate that men feel less in control over privacy than women while young people and those making incomes less than $50k a year have the strongest sense of control.

The Huffington Post has published an article marking the day and efforts to urge the US Congress into passing Electronic Privacy Reform. The Huffington Post article highlights the increasing disparity in privacy afforded to US citizens with regards to physical and virtual communication channels.

For example, email stored on web-based email services but used almost entirely from the home or mobile devices (like Gmail) may be obtained from US citizens without a warrant. Whereas a personal, physical letter sent to a home remain protected.

Individual choices around what personal data to keep private continue to focus on Facebook which encourages the open sharing and access to real personal data.

Facebook’s recent release of Graph Search has again highlighted concerns around the unexpected revelation of personal information. In the piece by The Nation, Ari Melber connects Graph Search to David Pozen’s paper (.pdf) in the Yale Law Journal describing the Mosaic Theory of intelligence gathering, where seemingly insignificant pieces of information can be assembled into a useable piece of intelligence on a person.

Unintentional sharing of personal data continues to be a problem, with the Online Trust Alliance announcement today that 242.6 million personal records were exposed in 2012. In their 2013 report on Data Protection and Data, they find that of 1478 breaches in 2012, over one-quarter were due to “internal incidents,” meaning personal data was revealed by members of the organization entrusted with personal data, rather than criminal mischief of those outside organizations.

Gliph is proud to be on the forefront of providing privacy not only around personal data, but also in building a system for communication and connection that offers real privacy.

In the Gliph company blog, we previously covered the efforts of the NTIA’s Privacy Multistakeholder Meetings that are aimed at realizing the Obama Administration’s Privacy Bill of Rights. We’ve also shared ideas for how startup companies can make privacy a strategic asset.

Some functional highlights from 2012 that added privacy to Gliph included the ability for users to securely delete Gliph messages, the release of Cloaked Email and an app access PIN to prevent casual snooping of Gliph conversations.  We have some terrific additions that add additional opportunities to maintain privacy planned for 2013 and look forward to sharing them with you.

We urge everyone to take a moment today to consider what personal data they have currently available on the interent and thoughtfully consider actions they need to take in 2013 to take control of their privacy online.

• Forrester Research – The 2012 Consumer Security Market Landscape: Key Dynamics and Growth Opportunities. (Our Blog Entry on this coverage)
• BestVPNz – Gliph App Review
• Marketplace – Top 10 ways to avoid being tracked online (Cloaked Email came in at #7!)
• Plazor – 22 iPhone Apps That Spies Would (Actually) Use
• Plazor – Gliph App Review
• Business Insider – 12 Quirky Apps That Will Put The Fun Back Into Using Your Smartphone
• Business Insider – 10 Awesome Apps To Protect Your Smartphone
• Techacker – Use Craigslist? You should use Gliph cloaked emails too
• Business Insider – 13 Underrated Apps You Need To Download Right Now
• MakeUseOf – How To Disguise Your Email Address Using Gliph Mobile App
• BuzzPatrol – Gliph Gives You Disposable Email Addresses So You Can Stay Anonymous
• ITPortal –  Gliph app provides disposable, anonymous email addresses
• Lifehacker – Gliph Creates Disposable Email Addresses for Private Messages and Encrypted Chats
• Textually – Gliph App Creates Anonymous, Disposable Email Addresses
• DoobyBrain – Get a cloaked email address with Gliph for Free
• Geek News Central – Create a One Time Email Using Gli.ph
• Mac|Life – Gliph App Aims to Increase Your Personal Privacy
• Media Bistro – Gliph Lets You Create Create Anonymous, Disposable Email Addresses 
• TUAW – Gliph launches new Cloaked Email service that’ll hide your real email address from prying eyes
• PC Magazine – Gliph Provides Disposable, Anonymous Email Addresses
• Read Write Web – Use this app to create anonymous disposable email addresses
• BostonInno – Gliph Launches New Feature To Keep Users’ Actual Email Addresses Far Away From Craigslist
• Tech.li – Gliph: Turn Your Digital Identity Into An Ice Cream Cone
• Privacy Identity Innovation (PII2012) – Gliph Wins Innovator’s Choice Award

Internationally, Gliph was recognized in a variety of countries and publications or media. Here is a partial list:

• Attualissimo – Gliph, creare indirizzi email ‘usa e getta’ e chat crittografate
• MacDigger – Gliph для iPhone и Android позволяет создавать анонимные одноразовые почтовые ящики
• Fr@ctal – Mexico Televisa’s Cable Television Technology Show (video)
• Paseban – Lindungi Email Anda Dari Para Spammer Menggunakan Layanan Email Gliph Ini
• IPhoneclub – WhatsApp-alternatief Gliph zet privacy op de eerste plaats
• Info Exame – Os 10 apps mais legais da semana
• Elandroide libre –  Correo y mensajería encriptada y segura para Android con Gliph 

Gliph was featured on Televisa’s FOROtv Fr@tal television show. Fractal is “a television blog with information for young people, addressing the latest news on technology, environment, art, gadgets, design and all the news you can find on the net.”

We’ve already heard from a number of new folks who learned about Gliph from seeing the show in Mexico City and beyond. Bienvenidos a Gliph y gracias por su consideración! This news comes on the heals of our initial outreach to Gliph users around the world.

]]> https://blog.gli.ph/2012/09/08/gliph-featured-on-mexicos-televisa-frtal-technology-program/feed/ 0 https://blog.gli.ph/2012/08/27/gliph-going-international-with-gliph-app-descriptions/ https://blog.gli.ph/2012/08/27/gliph-going-international-with-gliph-app-descriptions/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 03:56:57 +0000 http://blog.gli.ph/?p=282 Part of the beauty of Gliph’s Artifact set of symbols is that they don’t translate into any one language. We want to extend this by taking steps that make people more comfortable learning about Gliph.

As a first step we’ve added Japanese, Swedish and French translations to the Gliph Apple App Store and Google Play descriptions. They are now online and available in the localized App Store. Apple doesn’t have App Stores that support Arabic or Hebrew, so we’ve posted these online here:

• Gliph iOS App Description 1.21 in Arabic
• Gliph iOS App Description 1.21 in Hebrew

We’ll be adding more translations over time, and look at other ways to make Gliph understandable by everyone.  We’d like to thank the following folks for their help translating:

• Jennifer C. for the translation to Arabic and Ala S. for review
• S. Filion for translation into French
• E. Sherman for the translation into Hebrew and Gil A. for review
• I. Takehara for translation into Japanese
• Joakim F. for the translation into Swedish

GLIPH  היא אפליקציית אינטרנט המאפשרת ליצור קשר עם אנשים בפרטיות ובטיחות. דוגמאות לשימוש בGLIPH היא פרסוםמסחר בקרייגסליסט (Craiglist), יצירת אי-מייל זמני אנונימי (הרשמה לאתרים) או החלפת מסרונים (SMS) מבלי לגלות את מספר הטלפון שלך.

איך זה עובד:

1. הירשם ל-GLIPH
2. צור קשר עם משתמשים אחרים.
3. תשלח SMS פרטיים (בחינם)

שירות האימייל הפרטי:

1. הירשם עם כתובת הדוא”ל שלך
2. GLIPH יצור לך כתובת אנונימית וחסויה לכתובת הדוא”ל
3. השתמש בכתובת הדוא”ל החסוי באתרים דוגמאתcraigslist  כדי לשמור על הפרטיות שלך

אפשרויות נוספות ב-GLIPH

–  SMS  ואחסון נתונים מוצפנים
–  מחיקת הודעות משני הצדדים של השיחה
– שליטה בפריטות בקלות
– פרטיות כתובת הדוא”ל בשימוש כתובת חסוייה
– נעילת האפ בשימוש קוד

מה חדש בגירסה 1.21

1.21 גיגהוואט!!!  שחרור חדש מGLIPH.

-כתובת דוא”ל חסוי: דרך חדשה ומדהימה לשמור על פרטיות האימייל שלך מהאקרים ואנשי שיווק. צור שם חסוי עבור הכתובת דוא”ל שמשאפשר לך לשלוח ולקבל אימיילים בדואר הנכנס הרגיל שלך. אפשר להשתמש בכתובת באתרים כמוcraigslist . ראו את הווידאו פה: https://gli.ph/s/video/cloaked_email
– שיפור עיצוב המשתמש לצ’ט: העיצוב מאפשר לראות טקסט יותר עשיר ומעוצב. הזזנו את הטקסט רשומה לחלק התחתון של הממשק והוצאנו את התווית. זה אפשרי לצמצם את המקלדת כדי לראות את השיחה המלאה.
– מחיקת הודעות והחזר: אפשר למחוק את כל ההודעה שלך או את השיחה שלך עם משתמש GLIPH אחר בכל רגע. פשוט תעבירו אצבע מעל ההודעה ותלחצו מחיקה. פעולה זו תמחק את השיחה מהמכשיר שלך, מהרשת ומהמכשיר של המשתמש האחר. זו דרך נוחה למחוק הודעות שנשלחו בטעות עו לנקות את זכר של השיחה.
– עזרה עם כניסה לאפ: אפשר עכשיו לקבל ססמה חדשה ועזרה עם זכירת הGLIPH שלך מהאייפון אפ.
– שקופית התחלה: משתמשי GLIPH יכולים עכשיו לראות שוקפיות התחלה שמסבירות איך להתחיל להשתמש בGLIPH. אפשר לראות את ההוראות גם תחת ההגדרות.
-שימוש בGLIPH באתר: אם אינך רוצה להשתמש בGLIPH מהאייפון, אפשר להשתמש מהאתר של GLIPH https://gli.ph/m בלי לפספס את התווים של האייפון אפ.

כל הערות והארות חשובות לנו! בבקשה תשלחו הודעה לsupport gliph או תכתבו לנו בטוויטר: @gli_ph.

كيف تشتغل مراسلة
 (“claim a gliph”) Gliph إخلق حساب  –
تواصل مع مستخدم آخرفي –
 (“push-enabled”) إبعث رسائل آمنة مجانا و تمكّن طلب التحديث من قبل مزود الويب –

كيف تشتغل إيميل مخفي
تأكد عنوانك الايميل –
إخلق قناع للاستخدام على ذالك العنوان –
و مواقع آخر للحماية خصوصيّتك Craigslist إستخدم قناعك على موقع –

ميزات
إبعث رسائل مشفرة و مخزن المعلومات مشفرة –
حذف رسائل من طرفين للأبد –
سيطرات خصوصية بسيطة –
(“Cloak Email”) حماية الخصوصية العنوان الايميل من خلال إيميل مخفي  –
غلقة البرنامج من تجسس بإستخدام رقم سري –

ما جديد في اصدار 1.21
جيجا واطات!!! اصدار ساخن من Gliph 1.21
– إيميل مخفي: طريقة جديدة رائع للحفاظ على عنوانك الإيميل من مسوقين و هاكرز. إخلق اسم المستعار لعنوانك الايميل الحقيقي و الذي تمكنك ترسل و تستلم إيميل في صندوقك العادي و إستخدم هذا الاسم المستعار بدلا من عنوانك الايميل الحقيقي في موقع Craigslist و كهذه. شاهد فيديو نظرة عامة الفكرة: https://gli.ph/s/video/cloaked_email
– نظرة المحادثة جديدة: نظرة المراسلة لديها تصميم اكثر غنى واكثر موضة. قد تنقلنا مدخل الكتابة لاسفل الواجهة و نزعنا شريطة التبويب. الآن تستطيع ان تخلص من لوحة المفاتيح مع اكثر السهولة لاجل نظرة محادثة كاملة.
– حذف الرسائل إستدعاء الرسائل: الآن تستطيع ان تحذف رسائلك او رسائل شريكك المحادثة بشكل دائم في اي وقت. إلمس رسالة بداعب و اضرب الDelete و بهذا الطريق سوف تنزع الرسالة من جهازك و تحذفها من السيرفير كاملا و تنزع الرسالة من جهاز شريكك المحادثة. هذا مناسب في حال تريد ان تستدعي رسائل التي بعثتها بالصدفة او لاجل تنضيف محادثتك.
– مساعدة بدخول: الآن تستطيع ان اعادة تحديد كلمة السر و تحصل مساعدة بتذكّر Gliph الخاص بك من برنامج الايفون (iPhone app) نفسه.
– سلايدات مقدمة: مستخدمين جديدين يرين طقم سلايدات المقدمة توضح كيف يبدئون. هذه السلايدات ايضا تشاهدها في لائحة الاعدادات.
– محسنة Gliph للويب: اذا لا تريد ان تستخدم جهازك الiPhone تستطيع ان تستخدم برنامج Gliph على الويب في https://gli.ph/m و تستمتع تقريبا نفس الوظيفة كما توجد في برنامج على الiPhone.

نحن نهتم برأيك! ارسل رسالة الى Gliph الدعم او إتصل بنا في تويتر: gli_ph@

Translated by Jennifer Carson.  Thank you Jenn!