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GNU Net [0] seems more relevant than ever: "The Internet is broken." "The conventional Internet is currently like a system of roads with deep potholes and hig
by bheadmaster 4y ago
GNU Net [0] seems more relevant than ever:
"The Internet is broken."
"The conventional Internet is currently like a system of roads with deep potholes and highwaymen all over the place. Even if you still can use the roads (e.g. send emails, or browse websites) your vehicle might get hijacked, damaged, or long arms might reach into its back and steal your items (data) to use it against you and sell it to others - while you can't even notice the thievery nor accuse and hold the scroungers accountable. The Internet was not designed with security in mind: protecting against address forgery, routers learning metadata, or choosing trustworthy third parties is nontrivial and sometimes impossible."
[0] https://www.gnunet.org/en/ https://www.gnunet.org/en/
- thr83away 4y agoHow does it differ from tor browser?
- eternalban 4y agoThanks. Great bib! https://bib.gnunet.org/ https://bib.gnunet.org/
- naring2 4y agothis is just a bad analogy. the internet is not transporting anything like a road would. the whole system works by copying “your data” every step along the way. they are not thieving your precious bits, they are copying them as they are transmitting them. this s also why you cannot even notice the “thievery”. furthermore, this analogy is mangling together data legitimacy, security, and property rights all into one big ball of “be worried, the internet is stealing you because it wasn’t designed with safety in mind”
- npteljes 4y agoSending postcards could be a more apt analogy. Even if a bit outdated, still a widely familiar activity, and postcards can be copied. And they are just as open to people in between as HTTP packets are.
- pessimizer 4y ago> the internet is not transporting anything like a road would. Comparing the internet to a highway system is a common and useful thing to do. Your objections are strange. > they are not thieving your precious bits, If I look over your shoulder at the ATM and learn your PIN, is it not clear what I mean when I say that "I've stolen your PIN?" > mangling together data legitimacy, security, and property rights all into one big ball Is entirely intentional, because these are things to be worried about on the internet.
- bheadmaster 4y agoIf you happen to come up with a better analogy, I'm sure the GNU Net development team will appreciate your input: gnunet-developers@gnu.org GNU Project is community-driven, after all.
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