AIUI, communication between peers is authenticated and peers trust eachother because owners have met and exchanged fingerprints in person. (or piggyback on the existing web of trust)
So, the government could social engineer their rogue node into the network but otherwise it should not be a risk. -Jeremy On Jun 21, 2011 2:10 PM, "Anthony Papillion" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I've been following the discussion here on the list and one thing I've not > seen a lot of discussion about is government intervention. Since the > Freedombox will be open source and use a peer to peer methodology, what's > stopping a hostile government from running their own 'Freedombox Honeypots' > and targeting/locating users for arrest? > > Thoughts? > > Anthony
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