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Re:My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook ... by herval on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @12:39PM (#29002601)
Or, you know, just work with the ISPs to make it illegal, like with BitTorrent.

Also, what you want already exists - you're free to go use Mastodon and run your own node. You can't possibly think that's a reasonable product your grandparents would be able to use.

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Re:My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook ... by cabalamat on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:21PM (#29006431)
> Or, you know, just work with the ISPs to make it illegal, like with BitTorrent.

BitTorrent certainly isn't illegal in the UK; it might be in other jurisdictions.

> you're free to go use Mastodon and run your own node

Would it work behind a NAT'ed router on a dynamic IP? I suspect it might not.

> You can't possibly think that's a reasonable product your grandparents would be able to use.

What I envisage is an SD card containing the OS + apps, you put it in the Pi, plug it into your router by ethernet, configure it via its web app, and you're ready to go. I think it ought to be possible to make it easy enough for the average person to install (certainly anyone who could install a router + internet would be able to).

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