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IPFS is distributed but not anonymized, so you can send abuse requests to people's ISPs to take content down (like with torrents). The HTTP part is also not ce
by remram 3y ago
IPFS is distributed but not anonymized, so you can send abuse requests to people's ISPs to take content down (like with torrents).
The HTTP part is also not censorship-resistant. ipfs.io has a DMCA process, and they could also be asked to reveal the IP of users.
- activiation 3y agoUse Tor?
- tylersmith 3y agoIPFS can be accessed through Tor immediately through a gateway, and with a little work through the ipfs client directly.
- remram 3y agoTor+IPFS is much more resistant yes.
- bscphil 3y ago> you can send abuse requests to people's ISPs In practice it's very rare for me to see a direct ipfs protocol link, almost all the traffic goes through HTTP gateways (which frequently cache the content as well). Hard to imagine that they don't become a target for "hosting" pirated content if / when IPFS becomes more than a negligible platform for piracy. (A significant amount of Library Genesis traffic is already using IPFS via these same gateways.) As you mention, there's a DMCA process for some of the gateways, but that might not be enough to ward off attention.