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A comment on Freenet: A Distributed Anonymous Information Storage and Retrieval System (2000) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Freenet: A Distributed Anonymous Information Storage and ... by chocolatebunny on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @07:24PM (#18711906)
I think there needs to be a way to have personal filters on P2P systems. I don't want censorship but I don't want to support the distribution of child pornography, not because it's illegal but because it doesn't align to my personal moral compass.
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Re:Freenet: A Distributed Anonymous Information Storage and ... by FakeComments on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @07:52PM (#18712061)
We already have that — it’s normal communication.

There’s no way to make the change you’re proposing without seriously compromising the set up of such digital, secure communications, though. You’re asking to MITM the secure net, as a feature.

You and the feds, both.

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Re:Freenet: A Distributed Anonymous Information Storage and ... by mirimir on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @12:02AM (#18713155)
I get your concerns, but I believe that would require a major rewrite of the codebase. And it would likely introduce serious security vulnerabilities. It's been a recurring request, over the years.
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