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"The US State Department seems to view decentralized darknets as an important area of research for empowering free expression abroad." (my emphasis). Depressin
by conanite 15y ago
"The US State Department seems to view decentralized darknets as an important area of research for empowering free expression abroad."
(my emphasis). Depressing!
- patrickod 15y agoRegardless of their intended audience the fact that they're interested is the important thing. If it's good it'll make it's way around the world.
- wmf 15y agoTo be fair, another interpretation is that darknets are not needed in the US because you can use the regular Internet for free expression.
- bh42222 15y agoLike donating to whistleblowing websites like WikiLeaks.
- jyrkesh 15y agoTo be fair, that was more of a private business decision on the part of PayPal than it was a government mandate. But I get what you're saying, and I agree that internet is not as open, even in the United States, as it could and should be.
- sliverstorm 15y agoA darknet would make VISA do what you want?
- blhack 15y agoThis was something that was discussed pretty heavily on the various IRC channels during the 2009 Iranian Election. Cell phones, wifi, etc. had mostly been cut off in Tehran, which is where there were some really horrible things happening that the rest of world needed to know about. In a situation like that, a mesh network full of wifi devices that could communicate with either HAM operators, or satellite internet operators would have been really helpful. A lot of people were actually surprised that the CIA didn't have something like this sitting on the shelf ready to be distributed. (And this is where I start sounding like one of those people, but the CIA has been involved in revolutions in places like South America. A communications kit seems like something that they would employ.)