> > > > Have I misunderstood? Does this mean Freenet content cached by the node > appears as clear text? If so, the lack of OTB encryption would seem > very harmful to the plausible deniability aspect of relaying Freenet > content. Or are the individual Freenet items of content in themselves > encrypted unless requested from one's node for downloading? In some > (?most) jurisdictions, some Freenet content would be illegal to possess > knowingly. External encryption would not help, as it would involve a > deliberate external modification of the stored files, which would look > more like concealment than ignorance, and in many cases would be > transparently decrypted when the data store contents where examined by > the user interface.
No, the document encryption is still in place, what you lack is
obfuscation of which keys are stored in the datastore.
Scott
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