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sir pball

(5,232 posts) Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:20 PM Sep 2025

Should DU start a Hyphanet site? [View all]

Freenet was a totally decentralized and totally anonymous network, that was specifically designed to evade the kind of censorship and crackdown that the Current Administration is carrying out. It's been superseded and the OG network is called Hyphanet…should we maybe be doing this? Ultra-secure ultra-anonymous comms?

Starting the network is beyond my technical capacity, though I'd happily host a node.

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Should DU start a Hyphanet site? [View all] sir pball Sep 2025 OP

STOP! elleng Sep 2025 #1

Stop what? sir pball Sep 2025 #2

The more a "possibility" is noisily bruted about, the more possible it gets. Do you want that? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #4

Any backup plan they have will be moot intheflow Sep 2025 #8

A gangster web is not resistance bc it will attract more surveillance, not less & attract harsher crackdowns Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #10

I haven't written anything off as moot. intheflow Sep 2025 #13

Post #8 you wrote "Any backup plan they have will be moot" Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #14

Never heard of it. Must be enormously popular, known to all DU members except me, so everyone can find it. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #3

It's the ultimate Dark Web. sir pball Sep 2025 #5

If you can join it but you think Patel or Blondi can't surveil it, you are indulging in fantasies Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #6

C'mon. intheflow Sep 2025 #9

I am well aware of "OG" for years. It is a disgusting homage to criminals from early days of rap and such. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #11

My point about surveilance has not made an impression on you Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #12

They can surveil it, but that's all they can do. sir pball Sep 2025 #15

Users leave clues in their content. And comprehensive surveillance of internet onramps would be very revealing. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #16

Clearly you aren't familiar with the network. sir pball Sep 2025 #17

If users can easily talk to each other, then some are talking to bots or agents, particularly on the dark web. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #18

Users can talk fairly easily, but they retain anonymity. sir pball Sep 2025 #19

If content is put up to the cloud it can be analyzed. If it is destined to your favorite dark web Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #20

It's not in the cloud. sir pball Sep 2025 #21

NSA knows more about DSA than we ever will. Plus they have no shortage of compute power. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #22

As a programmer, you should know how Freenet works. sir pball Sep 2025 #23

I'll take a look. usonian Sep 2025 #7