Since the referance client and all the other clients available are already 
free, they must add something else to get people to use it.  Any features they 
add could be reproduced in other, truly free clients.  Unless its so 
extrodinary that it could only be done by the gov.   I can't think of anything 
that would be that sophisticated, but perhaps They are more creative then I am 
:)

Henry Hemming wrote on 8/12/00 4:47 pm:

>I pray(in the metaphoric 
>sense) that I'm not the first 
>to post this. But wouldn't it 
>be extreamly easy for the 
>goverment to subvert 
>freenet by creating a super 
>duper cool client for freenet 
>that they distribute for free 
>and as a bonus the client 
>reports information to the 
>goverment. This way of 
>exposing freenet wouldn't 
>even cost much (compared 
>to other metheds  
>mentioned), prob 1mil US 
>would do it easy. Most home 
>users wouldnt give a damn 
>who wrote the client or if its 
>bugged (unless the press 
>makes enough noise about 
>it, as with carnivore) as long 
>as its fast and looks good.
>
>--typo
>
>
>
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