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| > and copyright protection can't co-exist. But computers and HR
| > managers with
| > the authority to fire you do comfortably co-exist. Is some kind of
|
| What does that mean? The computer and the manager don't comfortably
| coexist because the manager has total control over the computer. If the
| manager doesn't want something on the computer, it gets deleted. If YOU
| want something on the computer, too bad. I am of course talking about
| computers that are owned and operated by the company for which you work.
| If my dad were to install an MP3 player on his computer at Intel, he
| would probably be reprimanded, and the program would probable be deleted.
| But even if he managed to somehow keep it a secret, they do automatic
| hard drive wipes and software reinstalls like once a week on ALL
| computers. So, the employee has no real control over his/her computer at
| work. Just as a citizen has no control over the internet at large
| because it is owned and controlled by Governments and large businesses.
| Except for freenet exists.
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It means that if there is a risk of my losing my job because of what's on my
hard drive, I need to know that Freenet uses some secure encryption method.
As was pointed out, there is no risk here.
Not sure about your point about control of the internet. No-one controls
the phone network or postal network yet that is no bar to freedom of speech.
Freenet will be an interesting technical project but it neither adds nor
takes away from freedom anywhere. The truth is, by the time you need to be
untraceable, you already have lost your freedom. Its the ability to be open
about your identity that constitutes freedom.
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