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Re:Uncensorable Wikipedia on IPFS by smokeyj on Monday May 08, 2017 @09:51PM (#14297183)
If GP values adoption as the path to censorship resistance - then maybe their product will include backdoors to "stay compliant".

For example, when you receive a NSL - do you pull a Lavabit and close shop, or do you backdoor your users?

Given the domain of keybase - this questioning is entirely warranted.

And while we're here. Cjbprime, do you have any NSL's? And what's your policy on warrant canaries?

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Re:Uncensorable Wikipedia on IPFS by ergothus on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @12:06AM (#14297664)
> If GP values adoption as the path to censorship resistance - then maybe their product will include backdoors to "stay compliant".

It's quite a leap to assume that - the poster said nothing of the sort, and saying "I don't want to get shut down so I can help people against censorship" is very different than "I care more about staying open than helping people against censorship"

I'm not saying it's impossible, but I certainly wouldn't assume it

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Re:Uncensorable Wikipedia on IPFS by nine_k on Monday May 08, 2017 @10:46PM (#14297386)
Even rumors of presence of a backdoor are extremely bad for a business like that.
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Re:Uncensorable Wikipedia on IPFS by panzer_wyrm on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @02:31AM (#14298130)
Lavabit were nobodies. If today github pulls a lavabit it will be noticed.
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