Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote: > Okay, well, we do need some kind of warning... We have one in the wizard, > maybe we should just dump that to stdout? > > We should probably show the standard GPL thingy...
Following the lines of the GPL disclaimer, we could have something like: <program> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author> Freenet is EXPERIMENTAL software and is NOT GUARANTEED to hide your identity; for details about potential attacks see <web page>. There's no point in frightening people so much that they don't use it. The Tor disclaimer is another useful model I think: "There are three pieces of fine print you need to know about. 1. Tor does not protect you if you do not use it correctly. Read our _list of warnings_ and make sure to follow the _instructions for your platform_ carefully. 2. Even if you configure and use Tor correctly, there are still _potential attacks that could compromise Tor's ability to protect you_. 3. No anonymity system is perfect these days, and Tor is no exception: you should not rely solely on the current Tor network if you really need strong anonymity." theo
