In reply to Alpheus. How about using older technology from the still present computer era? ;-). There ar...
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We are still in the same position we were in 2000 years ago. Nothing has changed really. Most people don't see history for what it is: repetitions of the same. They think that someone THIS cultur...
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I've given this very issue a matter of thought months ago (perhaps even around the time you wrote this article), and I agree: we need to be wary. I have often wondered how a "sneakernet" would be...
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@Jakob, I meant that. But it is a little confusing, so I rephrased it now as "I don't mean that all forms of dissent should be legal". There is a spectrum of ways to approach dissent, ranging fro...
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Good article :) Found an important typo I think. You write: "I don’t mean that dissent should be legal." Don't you mean "illegal"...? /Jakob
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It seems like it would be possible for the gov't. (or other well-funded entity, such as the UN) to map the TOR servers ... there just aren't that many ... and shut them down individually. There o...
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"Hmmm… so maybe the goal should be to set these up now, before it is too late?" Darknet: If I were publishing anything genuinely likely to get me a kick on the door in the middle of the night, ...
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Rather than single point of government control, there is the possibilty of other entities taking advantage of that single choke point. Most of our protective legislation is oriented towards prote...
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Moving one's communication to a networked client-server model is the biggest boon to monitoring and controlling--including disallowing--communication traffic since the word *boon* was coined. Onl...
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Thank you for this informative and inspiring article! I have recently read a book by Geert Mak, titled "In Europe", which gives a very good overview of the good, bad and ugly history of Europe in...
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The technological suppression of dissent is essentially a specific application of security technologies. Everyone who understands security knows that there is no such thing as perfect security. I...
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@Anon, my point is you can only start a darknet by distributing access software, just like you can't use a VPN without first getting employees to install the VPN software. So a weak link, and per...
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Hi Rob, Thanks for responding! I'm having a problem quickly responding to your post because it's hard to tell how much you know about Tor, hidden services, and the darknet clients. I'll respond i...
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by Rob Weir
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Easy, I create a darknet client clone and also distribute it. But mine spies on you and echos the traffic to the Department of Law and Order. The average user can't tell the difference between a ...
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by Rob Weir
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I would install a darknet client and distribute it. They are made for these exact purposes. Check wikipedia. In short, they run on a version of the tor protocol where you are sharing websites onl...
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Of course what was illegal to print in England could be published in Amsterdam. So there were outlets for dissident views. The danger I think is we draw a box around the government and law abidin...
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It was ever so, though. In the Middle Ages, in England, you had to choose whether you would live in Nottingham Castle with the Sheriff, pay your taxes, and be protected by the King; or live in Sh...
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