Re:My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook ...
by cabalamat on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:21PM
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> 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).
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).