On Friday 15 August 2008 02:00, Ian Clarke wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:35 PM, Matthew Toseland
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> The reality is that most users won't be choosing between Freenet and
> >> nothing, they will be choosing between Freenet and something like a
> >> web proxy, and even opennet is preferable to that.
> >
> > No, they'll be choosing between Freenet and Tor, if they have any sense. 
And
> > if all you want to do is browse the web anonymously, Tor is better - in 
fact,
> > Freenet does not provide web browsing at all. If you want to publish 
content,
> > life is a good deal more complicated than that.
> 
> Your logic is flawed.  You are saying that if the user can do what
> they want with Tor (browse the web anonymously), then they should use
> Tor.  I agree.  That means that the users that should be considering
> Freenet don't have the option of using Tor, because Tor doesn't meet
> their needs.  So users won't, in fact, be choosing between Freenet and
> Tor, because they do different things.

Okay, because Freenet provides unique facilities:
- Much easier (and more secure) hosting of content.
- Faster filesharing, especially when compared to Tor using relays.
- More survivability even than Tor with relays.
> 
> Ian.
> 
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