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MUTE: Simple, Private File Sharing

Posted by michael on from the freshmeat dept.

oohp writes "MUTE is a new file sharing network that provides easy search and download functionality while protecting your privacy. It does this by routing all messages through a network of neighbour connections, using virtual addresses and encrypting all the traffic (using RSA for public/private keys and AES for the actual encryption). MUTE's routing mechanism is inspired by ant behaviour. The program is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X."

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  1. WASTE by rudeboy1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You know, I submitted this same story, based on the Popular Science article about WASTE: a secure, private P2P system. I never get my articles published. Who's palm do I have to grease to get a decent article put on Slashdot?!?

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    1. Re:WASTE by teamhasnoi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      You might want to do a search and see that we talked about WASTE about a zillion months ago. Although, I don't see why the editors don't just dupe it. ;)

  2. Re:When will they learn by bleaked · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Lets face it, if I could by an album with at least 5 good cuts on it, I woulnd't be spending my time taking the albums I own and making MP3 version of just he "good songs".

    I'm sorry, but what music are you listening to? Every album I purchase I enjoy every last song on there. If you really like the artist you would at least appreciate their other works of art on the album. As far as I'm concerned the entire album is the artist's work of art. Only liking "parts" (i.e. songs) is like looking at a painting and saying you don't "like that certain red line in the corner", and would prefer it if the painting only had "blue and red lines" and none of the other colored lines. (This is just an analogy.)

    And honestly, this may be out of my place to say this, but if you like artists who have "bad" songs, why are you listening to them? (Only my opinion)