Joel C. Salomon wrote: > On 5/28/07, Joel C. Salomon <joelcsalomon at gmail.com> wrote: >> This tool has one great advantage over #freenet-refs -- it only >> follows pre-existing "facebook friend" relationships and exposes the >> fact that both are on freenet only to the people in question. > > Oops -- cancel that; seems you can tell who downloaded the > application. Is there any way to remove those data from the app page? > > --Joel
I think you guys are being a little too critical about this. The application helps people create links between people who are authenticated (by facebook) and whose real life relationships can be traced from person to person. Clearly it helps direct friends connect, but it also helps people determine the authenticity of friends of friends. No the facebook auth and connections are fully trustworthy, but then it's up to users to determine their level of trust. This is still lightyears better than #freenet-refs. Not to mention that it may spread knowledge about freenet to people who don't read slashdot daily. As for being able to detect freenet users through this app, why is that such a big deal? It's not as if freenet is undetectable; my employer called me up the next day telling me to get freenet off my office computer. If the government really cared the lack of this application wouldn't make all that much difference. ~Chris
