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You mean like MaidSafe? http://maidsafe.net/ http://maidsafe.net/ As Lawrence Lessig said, "code is law". We've seen it before. Governments are usually too beh

You mean like MaidSafe? http://maidsafe.net/ http://maidsafe.net/ As Lawrence Lessig said, "code is law". We've seen it before. Governments are usually too behind in understanding what's going on. Sometimes it helps, like with bittorent and TPB, while other times it hurts us, like with DRM being able to lock stuff that shouldn't actually be locked according to the law, but the DRM makers are basically making their own laws through code, or with NSA who spies on anyone they want no matter what laws exist, because they will just twist them to mean whatever they want in their "interpretations" of the law - and then keep those interpretations secret for "national security". I don't think it's "political" to say you want anonymity or privacy to exist on a network, or that you don't want a network to be censored. You say "just program like the Bittorrent programmers did". Isn't that what they're doing? Bittorrent appeared because Napster and Kazaa could eventually be censored and stopped. Now we need new networks and apps that are decentralized by default. These also bring increased security for everyone, increased privacy, and more resilience against DDOS attacks, too. So I'm not sure what you're really attacking here.

jokoon 13y ago
> I don't think it's "political" to say you want anonymity or privacy to exist on a network anonymity is just a tool you use to protect your privacy if it's being prone to attacks. Pseudominity is fine most of the time. > Isn't that what they're doing? > So I'm not sure what you're really attacking here. Bittorrent or previous protocols were not advertising their project as some new idea that still needed to be implemented. Previously they just released their apps, people used them, the app evolved and it grew more popular. I think I see too many of those project embryos while there already is freenet and tor. It's either an attempt from investor to attracts tech unsavy people into a security trap, or inexperienced or tech unsavy project initiators. Maybe there is more work to be done to make freenet and tor more accessible to new users instead of reinventing new techs. Nowadays with the sharp increase of internet users, the noose is indeed getting tighter and tighter. It doesn't mean you have to reinvent the wheel... Improve it instead.
fiatjaf 13y ago
> Through cutting edge end-to-end encryption and obscuring where data is located, MaidSafe offers currently unseen levels of security for all types of data. The platform is also autonomous, resistant to viruses and requires no human intervention of any kind. Is Maidsafe another Freenet?

jokoon 13y ago

> I don't think it's "political" to say you want anonymity or privacy to exist on a network anonymity is just a tool you use to protect your privacy if it's being prone to attacks. Pseudominity is fine most of the time. > Isn't that what they're doing? > So I'm not sure what you're really attacking here. Bittorrent or previous protocols were not advertising their project as some new idea that still needed to be implemented. Previously they just released their apps, people used them, the app evolved and it grew more popular. I think I see too many of those project embryos while there already is freenet and tor. It's either an attempt from investor to attracts tech unsavy people into a security trap, or inexperienced or tech unsavy project initiators. Maybe there is more work to be done to make freenet and tor more accessible to new users instead of reinventing new techs. Nowadays with the sharp increase of internet users, the noose is indeed getting tighter and tighter. It doesn't mean you have to reinvent the wheel... Improve it instead.

fiatjaf 13y ago

> Through cutting edge end-to-end encryption and obscuring where data is located, MaidSafe offers currently unseen levels of security for all types of data. The platform is also autonomous, resistant to viruses and requires no human intervention of any kind. Is Maidsafe another Freenet?