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Belated edit: I recall in the mid-late 90s that the internet was headed toward P2P, mix networks, and other noncommercial stuff. We got Usenet newsgroups, Cyphe
by mirimir 7y ago
Belated edit: I recall in the mid-late 90s that the internet was headed toward P2P, mix networks, and other noncommercial stuff. We got Usenet newsgroups, Cypherpunk/Mixmaster remailers, Freenet, Tor, Napster, BitTorrent, etc.
But now we've gone commercial/centralized again. Like AOL/Prodigy reborn. And worse than that, we have smartphones designed to neutralize privacy and foster dependency on commercial bullshit. More like game systems than PCs.
Sure, there's cool stuff like IPFS and Signal. But mostly it's all so depressing.
- BlueTemplar 7y ago"Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech (knightcolumbia.org)" : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20841059 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20841059
- mirimir 7y agoThanks, interesting stuff. > I've said this 1000 times, but garbage like Facebook or Twitter could be replaced overnight by a protocol. There is really zero reason it couldn't be built from existing distributed tooling, be secure and just as useful without lizard people getting in the way. -- scottlocklin But there's nothing about privacy, and the only comment that mentions "censor" is in favor.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoRTFA ? (I linked the HN discussion because criticism is always good to have.)