Researchers Build a Browser-Based Darknet

ancientribe writes "At Black Hat USA next month, researchers will demonstrate a way to use modern browsers to more easily build darknets — underground private Internet communities where users can share content and ideas securely and anonymously. HP's Billy Hoffman and Matt Wood have created Veiled, a proof-of-concept darknet that only requires participants have an HTML 5-based browser to join. No special software or configuration is necessary, unlike with darknets such as Tor. Veiled is basically a 'zero footprint' network, in which groups can rapidly form and disappear without a trace. The researchers admit darknets are attractive to bad guys, too, but they say they think these more easily set-up and dismantled nets will be more popular for mainstream (and legit) users." In somewhat related news, reader cheesethegreat informs us that version 0.7.5 of FreeNet has hit the tubes.

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Re:Late April Fools' joke?

[jhfry]

You have this many questions and then ask if it's a "late April Fools'" joke?... You realize you look like an ass now right. Lose the snarky comments, get your questions answered, then spew away about how bad of an implementation it is... until then you look stupid.

I bet people said similar things about all kinds of revolutionary technologies that they knew nothing about... and they have all since eaten their words. You just set yourself up to be one of those people if this is indeed everything they suggest it could be.