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After 3 Years, Freenet 0.7 Released

Posted by timothy on from the layers-on-layers dept.

evanbd writes "After over 3 years of work, the Freenet Project has announced the release of Freenet 0.7. 'Freenet is software designed to allow the free exchange of information over the Internet without fear of censorship, or reprisal. To achieve this Freenet makes it very difficult for adversaries to reveal the identity, either of the person publishing, or downloading content' ... 'The journey towards Freenet 0.7 began in 2005 with the realization that some of Freenet's most vulnerable users needed to hide the fact that they were using Freenet, not just what they were doing with it. The result of this realization was a ground-up redesign and rewrite of Freenet, adding a "darknet" capability, allowing users to limit who their Freenet software would communicate with to trusted friends.'"

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  1. Are we just now getting this dupe by zappepcs · · Score: 5, Funny

    because it was uploaded via freenet?

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  2. Nothing to see here.... move along by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    All I got was - Access to this site has been blocked by your system administrator (i'm at work).

    1. Re:Nothing to see here.... move along by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sounds like you could use some sort of "free network" to get around your employer's attempts at censorship. Unfortunately, as you've just discovered, no such thing exists.

      Oh well, back to the grind.

  3. Great! How do I download it... by dpbsmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...without disclosing the fact that I want to hide the fact that I'm hiding something?

    Because, of course, if I haven't got anything to hide, why would I want to hide the fact that I'm hiding something?

    Maybe Freenet 0.8 will provide a way to hide the fact that I'm hiding the fact that I'm hiding something.

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    1. Re:Great! How do I download it... by emag · · Score: 3, Funny

      By even asking, you've disclosed it. Give up now, we have you surrounded.

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    2. Re:Great! How do I download it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...without disclosing the fact that I want to hide the fact that I'm hiding something?

      Step 1 : Post as Anonymous Coward...

    3. Re:Great! How do I download it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Step 2: Don't put a link to your mother's book in your sig.

      (That book looks awesome!)

  4. ground-up redesign by sm62704 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The result of this realization was a ground-up redesign

    They ground up the redesign? ;)

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