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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.
You nerds always eschew and reason that sure it's Murphy's law that can happen, but what about when good justice is dealt on darknets like spreading this kind of content? What about the little good that darknets help? You people all just focus on all the bad and it's sick. Why can't you all accept the fact that everything in Murphy's law is good?
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.
Sometimes the best solution is to stop wasting time looking for an easy solution.
I think an analogy would go smth like this. I'm a cab driver. I give a killer a ride. Have I participated in murder? No. It was a random event. Same with these P2P darknets that anonymize the bits.
However, you could find yourself, in the US, in front of a militant Christian judge who hates porn. Like what happened to that Hustler Magazine guy. Remember, the US is populated by Christofucks. It is a backwards place.
In Europe, the UK is hopeless. It's the most Big Brother state out there. Since the Brits only care about "shagging", drinking and smoking weed, you can't expect much from them. Germany is hopeless too. They like authoritarian states, as we know it, and they don't know how to deal with freedom.
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