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Except for the fact that it has the tacit approval of the authorities and is monitored by volunteers for pornography or political discussions. The Xnet system i
by zhemao 12y ago
Except for the fact that it has the tacit approval of the authorities and is monitored by volunteers for pornography or political discussions. The Xnet system in "Little Brother" was feasible because it was working on top of a well-established existing infrastructure. A system like Snet could not operate in defiance of the authorities because it could easily be dismantled by taking down the key links and arresting the operators.
- justizin 12y agoThey're definitely different, I forget _all_ the technical details of Xnet, having last read the book a couple years ago, I was mostly talking about the show of human ingenuity. Xnet was certainly "informally monitored", though.
- justizin 12y agoWow, pretty shitty that I was downvoted for this comment, when I personally upvoted the one before it. #discourse