On Friday 03 December 2010 14:15:22 Klaus Koch wrote: > > > It is a hard problem. But our traditional approach hasn't been terribly > > > honest IMHO. > > We were talking on #freenet on how to explain new users in a few words > (installer?) what freenet's security is all about and how to "warn" them of > the shortcomings of opennet. I came up with the following text: > > "Freenet's security and anonymity is based on the idea that users connect to > people they trust. Opennet mode (=LOW security level) is a convenience feature > for new users who don't have trusted peers yet and it's security is not as > strong as darknet (= MEDIUM/HIGH security level). Use this mode to befriend > people you think you can trust. Get the highest security out of freenet by > connection to your reallife friends!" > > somehow there's still missing that even connecting to a coworker is better > than a random stranger, but I still struggle to put it into one of the > sentences...
There is also a lack of relative security. Is opennet more or less secure than tor? Is opennet more or less secure than using https? Is opennet more or less secure than bittorrent? Is darknet more secure than tor? etc. Answers to these question would help peope decide how to use freenet. Ed
