Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-14 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 09:01:20PM +0200, privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:58:13 -0500, you wrote: > > > > Dont implement this. I dont like CP, but once you start down the > > slippery slope, there's no going

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread OverlordQ
Matthew Toseland wrote: On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 08:58:13PM -0500, OverlordQ wrote: Dont implement this. I dont like CP, but once you start down the slippery slope, there's no going back. Why? Why is censorship by the (overwhelming) majority a bad thing? my $.02 Because it's all too subje

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread privacy.at Anonymous Remailer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:58:13 -0500, you wrote: > > Dont implement this. I dont like CP, but once you start down the > slippery slope, there's no going back. > > my $.02 Exactly my point! As a matter of fact, How about implementing something ver

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 05:46:59PM +0100, Ian Clarke wrote: > On 13 Jul 2005, at 17:14, Matthew Toseland wrote: > >On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 04:27:31PM +0100, Ian Clarke wrote: > > > >>I'm not getting sucked into this, mainly because I share Matthew > >>Exon's position on this and he is doing a prett

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Ian Clarke
On 13 Jul 2005, at 17:14, Matthew Toseland wrote: On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 04:27:31PM +0100, Ian Clarke wrote: I'm not getting sucked into this, mainly because I share Matthew Exon's position on this and he is doing a pretty good job of defending it. Censorship by majority is just as bad as cen

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 04:27:31PM +0100, Ian Clarke wrote: > I'm not getting sucked into this, mainly because I share Matthew > Exon's position on this and he is doing a pretty good job of > defending it. Censorship by majority is just as bad as censorship by > your government, if not worse

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Ian Clarke
I'm not getting sucked into this, mainly because I share Matthew Exon's position on this and he is doing a pretty good job of defending it. Censorship by majority is just as bad as censorship by your government, if not worse in many cases. Toad, if you lived in Iran just how far do you thi

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 03:48:13PM +0200, Matthew Exon wrote: > Matthew Toseland wrote: > >On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 02:01:15PM +0200, Matthew Exon wrote: > > >>Why do I, or Chinese christians, care whether the content is being > >>distributed openly or secretly? It's still being distributed, righ

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Exon
Matthew Toseland wrote: On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 02:01:15PM +0200, Matthew Exon wrote: Why do I, or Chinese christians, care whether the content is being distributed openly or secretly? It's still being distributed, right? It's entirely possible that Al Qaeda are swapping jokes about the Lond

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 02:01:15PM +0200, Matthew Exon wrote: > > > >No, we're not. We know for example that child porn is not being *openly* > >distributed. And this is for a very broad definition of open. On IIP I > >knew a certain channel where you could obtain keys for such filth; on a > >netwo

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Exon
Matthew Toseland wrote: I meant primarily human bandwidth. It is more hassle to have two nodes, especially as you need people to connect to, and different voting rules. Ah. Yes, that's true. But getting access to the nice darknet should be pretty easy in comparison to getting access to the

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 08:58:13PM -0500, OverlordQ wrote: > Dont implement this. I dont like CP, but once you start down the > slippery slope, there's no going back. Why? Why is censorship by the (overwhelming) majority a bad thing? > > my $.02 -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 08:21:10AM +0200, Tarapia Tapioco wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:59:13 -0400, you wrote: > > > > On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > /me renames Freenet PornNet. ;) > > >=20 > > > I have

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 12:04:19PM +0200, Matthew Exon wrote: > Matthew Toseland wrote: > >On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:33:59AM +0200, Matthew Exon wrote: > > >>Now, eventually everyone's going to behave the same way. Everyone will > >>figure out that there's just no point posting star trek episod

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Exon
Matthew Toseland wrote: On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:33:59AM +0200, Matthew Exon wrote: Now, eventually everyone's going to behave the same way. Everyone will figure out that there's just no point posting star trek episodes to the nasty darknet, since they'll always be more easily available on

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Exon
Evan Daniel wrote: It sounds to me like this has potential to enforce groupthink through network value effects. Please elaborate... The central large network is against some content. The fact that it is larger makes it much more valuable as a network. Therefore I am inclined to act in suc

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Tarapia Tapioco
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:59:13 -0400, you wrote: > > On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > /me renames Freenet PornNet. ;) > >=20 > > I have friends who rsync their porn. But I can see your point. Is this > > an issue only fo

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread OverlordQ
Dont implement this. I dont like CP, but once you start down the slippery slope, there's no going back. my $.02 ___ chat mailing list chat@freenetproject.org Archived: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.general Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freen

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:33:59AM +0200, Matthew Exon wrote: > Evan Daniel wrote: > > >>>It sounds to me like this has potential > >>>to enforce groupthink through network value effects. > >> > >>Please elaborate... > > > > > >The central large network is against some content. The fact that it >

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 11:10:08PM -0400, Evan Daniel wrote: > On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > When you say "part of more than one darknet," are you referring to > > > separate clusters within one large network, or entirely divorced > > > networks? > > > > Divorced

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:59:13PM -0400, Evan Daniel wrote: > On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > /me renames Freenet PornNet. ;) > > > > I have friends who rsync their porn. But I can see your point. Is this > > an issue only for porn? What class of material is subject

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Evan Daniel
On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When you say "part of more than one darknet," are you referring to > > separate clusters within one large network, or entirely divorced > > networks? > > Divorced networks. So, does that mean I have to run separate nodes, and participat

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Evan Daniel
On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > /me renames Freenet PornNet. ;) > > I have friends who rsync their porn. But I can see your point. Is this > an issue only for porn? What class of material is subject to this > consideration? Personally I avoid material that could be used

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Tom Kaitchuck
Matthew Toseland wrote: On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 03:19:21PM -0700, Tom Kaitchuck wrote: Matthew Toseland wrote: The network can't split. 50% isn't enough. You'd need a supermajority, as I have explained - AT EACH NODE. It's not a global vote. Each node would need 2/3rds of its connectio

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 03:19:21PM -0700, Tom Kaitchuck wrote: > Matthew Toseland wrote: > >The network can't split. 50% isn't enough. You'd need a supermajority, > >as I have explained - AT EACH NODE. It's not a global vote. Each node > >would need 2/3rds of its connections to vote, and would need

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Tom Kaitchuck
Matthew Toseland wrote: On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 02:41:54PM -0700, Tom Kaitchuck wrote: Matthew Toseland wrote: On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:33:03AM -0700, Tom Kaitchuck wrote: Matthew Toseland wrote: Well, if the invaders start censoring stuff posted by the minorit

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 02:41:54PM -0700, Tom Kaitchuck wrote: > Matthew Toseland wrote: > > >On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:33:03AM -0700, Tom Kaitchuck wrote: > > > > > >>Matthew Toseland wrote: > >> > >>>Well, if the invaders start censoring stuff posted by the minority, the > >>>expected resul

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Tom Kaitchuck
Matthew Toseland wrote: On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:33:03AM -0700, Tom Kaitchuck wrote: Matthew Toseland wrote: Well, if the invaders start censoring stuff posted by the minority, the expected result is that the minority would sever links with the invaders - as a normal part of an uphel

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 05:22:14PM -0400, Evan Daniel wrote: > On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:49:37PM -0400, Evan Daniel wrote: > > > On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > If the majority is wrong, it will disaf

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Evan Daniel
On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:49:37PM -0400, Evan Daniel wrote: > > On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > If the majority is wrong, it will disaffiliate from the minority. We are > > > not talking about global voting

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:49:37PM -0400, Evan Daniel wrote: > On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If the majority is wrong, it will disaffiliate from the minority. We are > > not talking about global voting here, we are talking about each node > > deciding on the basis o

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:33:03AM -0700, Tom Kaitchuck wrote: > Matthew Toseland wrote: > > > >Well, if the invaders start censoring stuff posted by the minority, the > >expected result is that the minority would sever links with the > >invaders - as a normal part of an upheld complaint, because t

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:49:37PM -0400, Evan Daniel wrote: > On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If the majority is wrong, it will disaffiliate from the minority. We are > > not talking about global voting here, we are talking about each node > > deciding on the basis o

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Evan Daniel
On 7/12/05, Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the majority is wrong, it will disaffiliate from the minority. We are > not talking about global voting here, we are talking about each node > deciding on the basis of adjacent, trusted nodes. Yes there is some > influence as far as majo

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Tom Kaitchuck
Matthew Toseland wrote: On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:06:35PM -0400, Ken Snider wrote: Matthew Toseland wrote: - Firstly, One of the first things that came to mind when you began this quest to determine "trust", was that it creates a very real chance of "groupthink" within freenet. Why?

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:06:35PM -0400, Ken Snider wrote: > Matthew Toseland wrote: > > >>- Firstly, One of the first things that came to mind when you began this > >>quest to determine "trust", was that it creates a very real chance of > >>"groupthink" within freenet. Why? Because, while it i

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Ken Snider
Matthew Toseland wrote: - Firstly, One of the first things that came to mind when you began this quest to determine "trust", was that it creates a very real chance of "groupthink" within freenet. Why? Because, while it is difficult to quantify when the method to *determine* this trust is still

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Ken Snider
Matthew Toseland wrote: Here's a really whacky idea I came up with on the train back from Strasbourg (please read the whole email before flaming me): *snip voting idea* not only do I think this won't work for philosophical reasons, but I think it underlines one of the most fundamental *weakne

[freenet-chat] Re: [Tech] Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

2005-07-12 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 11:52:30AM -0400, Ken Snider wrote: > Matthew Toseland wrote: > >Here's a really whacky idea I came up with on the train back from > >Strasbourg (please read the whole email before flaming me): > > *snip voting idea* > > not only do I think this won't work for philosophica