{"id":6364,"date":"2025-05-13T21:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T01:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=6364"},"modified":"2025-05-13T20:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T00:48:21","slug":"thunderbolt-app-turns-domain-names-into-secure-communication-hubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/thunderbolt-app-turns-domain-names-into-secure-communication-hubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbolt app turns domain names into secure communication hubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-1120\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ca087c1f-a618-4d5f-9fe3-fe0322b2b999\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"602\">Namecheap\u2019s Spaceship brand has launched Thunderbolt, a privacy-focused communication app that replaces phone numbers and emails with domain names. 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