Re: idea

Dennis Nezic <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.freenet.support
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:35:00 +0100, folkert wrote:
> Well I was thinking maybe in the future we're all using mesh
> networking over wifi (or whatever wireless protocol we then have).
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_networking

Freenet-Darknet should work wonderfully over such a network :). (Well,
assuming you're not roaming. And that the meshes aren't too
isolated :p).

> Ok, that was not your point :-) Ok currently maybe not too many nodes
> in the net but maybe this changes when governments restrict access to
> what you can browse. Here in Europe governments already start talking
> about installing filters.

This is why you /don't/ want any kind of broadcasting, or any other
kind of leak of identifiable traffic. Just encrypted non-identifiable
"noise".

> Currently only for kiddy porn but I'm afraid that when such a filter
> is in place the step to block certain political views or so is much
> smaller.

Obviously. Their (Statist's) worst enemy is the free flow of
information.

> It is also a matter of convenience. If I visit some conference I don't
> want to be hassled with the need of configuring all kinds of software
> just to get "work done".

It's a tradeoff -- ease-of-use and anonymity.
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