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Front-ends like peepeth.com are censorable. Illegal content will be removed from the peepeth.com front-end. I think its criminal appeal is limited compared to

by bevan 8y ago

Front-ends like peepeth.com are censorable. Illegal content will be removed from the peepeth.com front-end. I think its criminal appeal is limited compared to alternatives. Use of a known and traceable payment+communications channel reveals more info about the perpetrators and their networks than non-crypto communication channels + crypto payments. Pairing communication and money removes a level of anonymity because of the traceable nature of blockchain transactions.

CharlesW 8y ago
> Front-ends like peepeth.com are censorable. To make sure I understand, are you saying, "Every client developer has to handle this on their own, if they choose to at all"? > I think its criminal appeal is limited compared to alternatives. […] It seems like you're suggesting that anonymity is not possible with Ethereum, but searches suggests that it's possible now, and will become easier thanks to projects like Project Alchemy. (I don't know much about Ethereum, though, so I'd love to hear your thoughts!)
- rhacker 8y ago
  Kindof an interesting legal question - what would make peepeth more liable for such data more-so than etherscan.io for example? If both sites have the feature to hide or prevent download of the data, whereas etherscan may not even bother? It kinda makes you wonder if the Ether wallet itself that can sync and download such data is also at risk of being called illegal. Are FBI raids now going to focus on targeting people that have a copy of the block chain to put them away?
  - icebraining 8y ago
    Freenet has been around for almost twenty years, it's known to contain illegal content (including CP), and as far as I know its users haven't been systematically raided. On a different note, Sone - microblogging over Freenet - has been around for quite a while, and it's under active development. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet https://github.com/Bombe/Sone https://github.com/Bombe/Sone
shanev 8y ago
You could deploy a smart contract that has an array of all censored/blacklisted peeps which other clients can choose to use.
OrganicMSG 8y ago
How do you allow access and editing of any identifying data previously posted, so as to comply with GDPR?
erispoe 8y ago
But this content would still be stored and distributed, even if it's not displayed on public front-ends?

by bevan 8y ago

CharlesW 8y ago

> Front-ends like peepeth.com are censorable. To make sure I understand, are you saying, "Every client developer has to handle this on their own, if they choose to at all"? > I think its criminal appeal is limited compared to alternatives. […] It seems like you're suggesting that anonymity is not possible with Ethereum, but searches suggests that it's possible now, and will become easier thanks to projects like Project Alchemy. (I don't know much about Ethereum, though, so I'd love to hear your thoughts!)

rhacker 8y ago
Kindof an interesting legal question - what would make peepeth more liable for such data more-so than etherscan.io for example? If both sites have the feature to hide or prevent download of the data, whereas etherscan may not even bother? It kinda makes you wonder if the Ether wallet itself that can sync and download such data is also at risk of being called illegal. Are FBI raids now going to focus on targeting people that have a copy of the block chain to put them away?
- icebraining 8y ago
  Freenet has been around for almost twenty years, it's known to contain illegal content (including CP), and as far as I know its users haven't been systematically raided. On a different note, Sone - microblogging over Freenet - has been around for quite a while, and it's under active development. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet https://github.com/Bombe/Sone https://github.com/Bombe/Sone

shanev 8y ago

You could deploy a smart contract that has an array of all censored/blacklisted peeps which other clients can choose to use.

OrganicMSG 8y ago

How do you allow access and editing of any identifying data previously posted, so as to comply with GDPR?

erispoe 8y ago

But this content would still be stored and distributed, even if it's not displayed on public front-ends?