> From "Henry Hemming" <typo at pp.htv.fi> > I pray(in the metaphoric sense) that I'm not the first to post this. But > wouldn't it be extreamly easy for the goverment to subvert freenet by > creating a super duper cool client for freenet that they distribute for free > and as a bonus the client reports information to the goverment. This way of > exposing freenet wouldn't even cost much (compared to other metheds > mentioned), prob 1mil US would do it easy. Most home users wouldnt give a > damn who wrote the client or if its bugged (unless the press makes enough > noise about it, as with carnivore) as long as its fast and looks good. > > --typo
This could be resisted by making certain that the 'real' freenet does not interoperate with the 'evil' freenet. The people who use the bugged client out of ignorace would be screwed, but we can't really do anything to protect the ignorant anyway. -- Benjamin Coates _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
