On Fri, 25 May 2001 22:15:18 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian
Clarke) writes:
> If course it would be possible, perhaps not exactly great for Freenet
> PR
> though...
>
> Ian.
I was thinking of just doing it in benighted countries as part of a fight
for freedom. But, I guess it would target any computer no matter where
it happens to be, so, I guess it would be bad PR. And I am well aware of
the effects of Public Opinion, though I don't think that the public is
informed of the truth nearly as much as they should be.
Although freenet doesn't promise to educate people with truth and nothing
but the truth, it does make it possible to get the truth out there for
people to see and judge for themeselves. :)
I think that freenet is a very good thing for everyone, and the sooner
everyone else realizes that the better. :)
Might we instead set up a secret society which creates cheap computers
and installs them secretly in strange places, like the insides of street
lamp poles or something? I mean, if the government is tracking down
nodes by harvesting node caches and maybe even inform.php on the freenet
site, it would help our users a LOT if they have to deal with thousands
of hidden computers in cities all over the country with no way of
tracking down the people who created or installed the things. :)
I mean, a 486 laptop with a network card and Linux installed on it could
be set up and hidden somewhere, but it might be too expensive to use
those. I was thinking more along the lines of much cheaper technology
that can do the same kind of thing. Like the cell phones that are so
cheap and made of such flimsy material, like paper, that you can buy one
for like $15 or something, use it a couple times, and throw it away. :)
The inventor of that cell phone technology is also developing laptop PCs
with the same purpose in mind. That purpose being to create something
that is extremely cheap, but still works very well and can be thrown away
without much fuss or concern. :)
If we could get those kinds of PCs running on freenet and hidden away
whereever we can, that would slow down the governement taskforces a great
deal. :)
We have the technology that allows a computer to comunicate with other
computers useing only the power systems in a house. If this could be
expanded a little, we could turn the power grid of a city into a freenet
hub of sorts. I mean, it would be very difficult to track a signal going
through the power lines if you don't have a sensor on every single
individual power pole or power line for each building or complex. So
pluging those cheap computers into the power lines of things like street
lamps and stuff would make finding and prosecuting freenet users harder
still. :)
Are my ideas good enough to concider? I hope so, because I want to
minimize the "casualties" of this war for freedom of speech as much as
possible. I want as few people as possible to be imprisoned or fined or
hurt in any way.
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