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Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services by mirimir on Monday February 20, 2017 @06:23PM (#13691926)
> Gnutella is just distributed and FreeNet is anonymous.

That's a dangerous meme to be spreading. FreeNet is not anonymous. Peers know your IP address. And malicious peers can learn what chunks your node is handling. Sure, there's "plausible deniability". And common probabilistic attribution arguments are bogus. But that's cold comfort after the SWAT team has impounded all of your gear.

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Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services by ycmbntrthrwaway on Monday February 20, 2017 @07:46PM (#13692333)
> And malicious peers can learn what chunks your node is handling.

They can't however tell if you are serving them or if you cached them due to their requests.

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Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services by mirimir on Monday February 20, 2017 @08:15PM (#13692458)
That's true. But it's a long way from "anonymous".
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