Re: Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure de

Thrasher Remailer ([email protected]) wrote:

> You propose introducing traceability.  Bad Idea. The whole point of freenet
> is that it's users are NOT traceable and can remain fully anonymous.  You
> spoke of only people you trust being able to know your IP, I don't trust
> ANYBODY!

I think traceability is an emergent property (read: side effect) when
large files are divided into hundreds of tiny little chunks.  Having lots
of chunks/blocks/spurts of data going out from a single point at the
same time simply makes it easier to track them back to a single point.
Matthew's not introducing traceability so much as pointing it out and
trying to bolt another feature onto it.

> Granted, there are people abusing that to insert wide varieties of porn,
> including c.p. but you see, that's a price that has to be paid.  If freenet
> is to be what it's stated purpose is, then the ONLY action that can be
> taken in regard to content that somebody finds objectionable is to not
> request it.  One can also help push older objectionable content out by
> continuing to insert quality content.
> 
> The problem with tracing and taking action against objectionable content is
> that the definition of objectionable content has a tendency to change.

I agree with this.

> I'm thinking ahead to when the thing that is illegal to distribute is
> certain Christian teachings.  Given a system like you describe it is true
> that a lot of c.p. can be removed.  However that same system would cause
> the deaths of a lot of people in the eventual Hyper-Anti-Christian world
> that is developing.

Not sure about .au, but the US is far more anti-Muslim than anti-Christian
these days.  Yes, that may change....

-- 
Greg Wooledge                  |   "Truth belongs to everybody."
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