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Being blind to what you're hosting is required if you want to be part of a network that values "freedom of information". Partly to avoid the nodes self-censorin
by janto 5y ago
Being blind to what you're hosting is required if you want to be part of a network that values "freedom of information". Partly to avoid the nodes self-censoring and partly as a form of plausible deniability.
- bastawhiz 5y agoFreedom of information doesn't imply that you must host content for others, even if there's no way to know what it is. I don't want to host content that I might not otherwise agree to host, therefore I don't care to use such services. "Self censorship" implies that it's right and correct to host anything and everything for everyone no matter what, and I reject that premise: I only want to curate what I redistribute into the world.
- janto 5y agoWell, you can certainly seed only torrents that you think are valuable and are willing to take the risk for. What happens to the content you are not willing to take the personal risk for? That's the utility of networks that value freedom of information, which achieve it by hiding what you share, even from you. Edit: ...and importantly, from whoever can seize your computer.
- jazzyjackson 5y ago> What happens to the content you are not willing to take the personal risk for? let someone else host it if they think it's valuable otherwise we are dooming the network to host everything forever
- janto 5y agoThis is the technical challenge that a network like Freenet attempts to address.