On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Steev Hise wrote:
> basically it works by encrypting and mirroring files all
> over the internet on different servers, so no one, not even
> the owners of the servers, knows where a file is actually
> physically located. therefore no one can censor or prohibit
> any content.
Which leads me to another question... what if this thing really took off
and the government decided to enhance it's anti-encryption laws to make it
illegal to install and run the freenet software at all? Something like
this wouldn't be totally unprecedented. Just a thought based on
not-alot-of-research.
Hammer Presley (rdsATrds-tm.com)
Spokesmodel - Reggae Death Squad(tm)
http://www.rds-tm.org/
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