Agreed, we need to build the darknet, even if that means short term compromises. We'll link to the tool from somewhere. I made a list for discussing this sort of thing, darknet-tools at freenetproject.org, but no discussion has taken place for a year plus. :(
On Monday 28 May 2007 05:48, Allen Beye Riddell wrote: > _ph00, you're absolutely right. If the USA, for example, declares > anonymous P2P/F2F illegal, it'll definitely be able to subpoena Facebook > for people who expressed an interest in it online. > > This is actually a trivially simple mashup (although only recently > possible). Adding the "Freenet Connect" widget (application is a little > too grandiose) lets you see which of your friends have marked themselves > as Freenet users. Whether they really are freenet users or even want to > exchange refs isn't anything the application deals with. But it opens > the door pretty nicely. > > (re: joel) > > Even if this only helps ten people exchange refs with a little bit more > trust than over IRC I think it was worth the afternoon I spent coding > it. > > cheers, > > allen > > p.s. I'll add a link to the code (python/django) to the application info > page tomorrow.. > > On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 06:24 +0200, Luke771 wrote: > > I don't know if it's really a good idea: such an utility could be used > > by BigEvilGovt(tm) in a country where anonymous networking is banned > > (e.g. right here in the West, in a couple of years!) and it could be > > used in a lot of other malicious ways. > > How accurate would the result be anyway? > > Is it really possible to run a program and tell whether or not someone > > is running Freenet with a good accuracy? If yes, that should be > > considered a major weakness (but I think I heard you can't really prove > > it, iirc) > > _ph00 > > > > Allen Beye Riddell wrote: > > > Here's a tool I just whipped up for Facebook users (25 mil; competitor > > > to MySpace). It lets users discover if any of their friends are running > > > Freenet. The idea is to make less painful exchanges of node references > > > between friends (even distant ones). Obviously this is more of a > > > long-term solution to the issue of building a trusted darknet -- but I > > > figured every little bit can help. > > > > > > For those using Facebook, the app is called Freenet Connect. > > > http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2353332496 > > > > > > If anyone wants to help add features, let me know. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Allen > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Devl mailing list > > > Devl@freenetproject.org > > > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Devl mailing list > > Devl@freenetproject.org > > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl@freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
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