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When it comes to child pornography, even the mere accusation makes you automatically guilty in the eyes of the public which can destroy your professional and pe

When it comes to child pornography, even the mere accusation makes you automatically guilty in the eyes of the public which can destroy your professional and personal life. So, what happens if your IP address somehow become associated with trafficking child pornography? You run the risk of getting raided by a decidedly non-technical police force, having every electronic device you own confiscated for an indeterminate amount of time and being charged with a felony by a non-technical district attorney's office. Even in the case where they eventually realize you didn't have anything to do with it and drop the charges your life has been turned upside down in the process. In the worst case, a district attorney could choose to try and take the case to trial regardless and then your fate is in the hands of a non-technical jury. I just can't personally accept a risk like that in order to contribute hard drive space and computing power to a darknet project like freenet.

htns 12y ago
If you are hysteric about things like these then just don't use your own IP. Supposedly it's not difficult to buy a VPS with bitcoin. And really, pumping money into such businesses is a greater contribution to enduring internet anonymity than running Freenet.
cheako 12y ago
What happens when random ppl are accused of having child pornography? I'd be Salem all over again, all it takes is one watery tart to convince an entire society that they need to stone the ppl she doesn't like to death. Simply because it's a witch hunt is the problem, not the hunt it's self but the ppl who are to afraid to be called pedophiles to stand up against the hunt. It's not find and good to sit there and watch someone being persecuted unjustly, you've got to keep in mind that it could just as easily happen to you. I like the "this is normal, everybody does it" defense. If everyone were to run Freenet and store child pornography on their computer, then the which hunt ends at that. I've not seen the new MLK movie, but something along those lines where ppl are willing to die so that others may run Freenet without issue. One should not fear the life of a Marter, one should fear living in a world where there are not any. -- Michael Mestnik.

htns 12y ago

If you are hysteric about things like these then just don't use your own IP. Supposedly it's not difficult to buy a VPS with bitcoin. And really, pumping money into such businesses is a greater contribution to enduring internet anonymity than running Freenet.

cheako 12y ago

What happens when random ppl are accused of having child pornography? I'd be Salem all over again, all it takes is one watery tart to convince an entire society that they need to stone the ppl she doesn't like to death. Simply because it's a witch hunt is the problem, not the hunt it's self but the ppl who are to afraid to be called pedophiles to stand up against the hunt. It's not find and good to sit there and watch someone being persecuted unjustly, you've got to keep in mind that it could just as easily happen to you. I like the "this is normal, everybody does it" defense. If everyone were to run Freenet and store child pornography on their computer, then the which hunt ends at that. I've not seen the new MLK movie, but something along those lines where ppl are willing to die so that others may run Freenet without issue. One should not fear the life of a Marter, one should fear living in a world where there are not any. -- Michael Mestnik.