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It's obvious to me that as time goes by, governments are going to want to shut down more and more internet services for whatever reason. It seems to me that th
by brc 15y ago
It's obvious to me that as time goes by, governments are going to want to shut down more and more internet services for whatever reason.
It seems to me that the thing that is needed most is an even-more distributed internet system, so that things like DNS and ISPs cannot be controlled by governments.
A peer-to-peer DNS system and someway of easily setting yourself up as an ISP would mean that this type of intervention would be impossible.
- kinghajj 15y agoP2P DNS exists. One implementation is Namecoin. I've heard of ideas of making a large mesh network with people's Wi-Fi routers, but there are many technical hurdles to overcome there, though it should be workable, if excruciatingly slow.
- DasIch 15y agoEven if you find a solution at the DNS level, the government will just go a level deeper. There are really not that many ISPs and fewer yet you would have to control.