On 2012-09-13 17:46:29 -0400, His Nibs <his.nibs@bigfoot.com> said:
> Hi name,
>
> on 13 Sep 2012 18:33:28 GMT, you said:-
>
>> something@o.o wrote in
>> news:50513e2c$0$1979$c3e8da3$5e5e430d@news.astraweb.com:
>>
>>> I know what Freenet is. I tried using it over a year ago but it was
>>> SLOW!!! Is it still slow (<20kB/s)? I also had a hard time finding
>>> anything "good".
>>> What do you recommend or what tools do you recommend to help find
>>> good
>>> content?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>> Freenet is P2P (peer to peer) wich means you allow other computers in
>> your files (ALL your files) so easy for LEA to get you, much easier than
>> other systems that used encryption keys, wich they foiled.
>
> No it isn't. It's a sort of distributed cloud system, whereby everything
> uploaded to Freenet is encrypted, cut up into small chunks, and then spread
> all over the whole net. When someone requests something, the various
> encrypted fragments are collected, and once enough (there's considerable
> redundency) of them are in your computer, they are decrypted and dealt with
> as you specify. No one knows what passes through their computer and there's
> no way of finding anything illegal - unless you request and download it.
>
> Although theoretically it is possible for a freenet node (that's Freenet
> speak for someone on the system) to be identified, there is no evidence that
> such a thing has ever happened. However given that Usenet news servers now
> HAVE to keep upload records and the relative scarcity of groups carrying
> on-topic material, there is considerable evidence of individual posters
> having been caught here. P2P is most certainly NOT safe. I've seen estimates
> that about half of all Tor exit nodes are in fact run by LEAs.
>
> Although Freenet is desperately slow, recent builds are better in that
> respect and there's a patch that can be applied to improve things further.
> Most people in the freenet community (not just CP collectors, but people
> whose governments are against free speech or people who want to be able to
> disuss anything without any possibility of censorship) reckon that the high
> level of safety FAR outweighs the disadvantage of slowness. It's recommended
> that Nodes are kept running 24/7 and so download speeds are less relevant.
>
> As for on topic material, there are about 50 dedicated freesites, with
> several hundred gigabytes of material. However the system is relatively hard
> to learn to use properly and get into. Frost is the messaging system that
> allows you to chat and find information.
Pretty sure you nailed it.
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