Ask HN: Is there a need for anonymous cloud service?

Posted by northfoxz2015 on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:24AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Out of curiosity, is there a need for anonymous cloud service which trades bitcoin for usage like AWS?

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a need for anonymous cloud service? by freedomben on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:32AM (#15336438)

I like this idea, although I don't see how it would solve the problem of providers ejecting content they disagree with. All I think it would do is allow people to shield their real identities. Sites like the Daily Stormer (which I personally find disgusting) could still be shut down by a cloud provider who disagrees with the message.

What might be really interesting is a cloud service that allows anonymous accounts, and also has a free-speech-absolutist policy (and sticks to it even when it's hard).

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a need for anonymous cloud service? by jlgaddis on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @04:28AM (#15337081)

Like NearlyFreeSpeech.net [0]?

[0]: https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a need for anonymous cloud service? by freedomben on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:01PM (#15340500)

Interesting, thanks for the link. Their website loaded really slow for me tho, which makes me nervous when evaluating a hosting provider :-)

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a need for anonymous cloud service? by jlgaddis on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @04:27AM (#15337076)

Sure, but it's going to be quickly abused out of existence.

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