• ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com
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    1 month ago

    I would be interested to see a proper comparison between the original freenet, now known as hyphanet, and this platform. It looks like Ian Clark is the author of both of them with this one originally named Locutus. So in some ways it seems this is the second major rewrite of freenet, the first being the rewrite at version 0.7

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      30 days ago

      I know they removed the anonymity features, but he says they have plans to add something as a layer on top instead of having anonymity baked into the core. He said with anonymity, they’ll still have “robust safeguards against illegal usage.” IDK what that means.

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        28 days ago

        robust safeguards against illegal usage

        So it’s not truly anonymous? Isn’t the entire point of anonymity is to be against people snooping on your private business? Also, since when illegal a catch-all term for all bad things?

        Owning slave was legal, and that is certainly bad. Apartheid is still legal in places and that is certainly bad. Criticizing the govt are illegal in MANY countries, but that is certainly bad. Jaywalking is illegal, but does that warrants it being bad?

        Does the author of Freenet appoints his moral to a law other human made, god(s?) made, or he himself made?