I suspected there were projects out there. Can you say anything about it?  
Thanks!  

On Jul 4, 2014, at 8:12 AM, Natanael wrote:

> You mean YaCy? Exists already.
> 
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> Den 4 jul 2014 17:10 skrev "Doug Schuler" <[email protected]>:
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> Thought experiment for Independence Day...
> 
> How easy would it be to develop a “Public Google” that was distributed across 
> tens of thousands of computers similar to the way that the SETI@home project 
> uses the cycles of computers all over the world? 
> 
> I’m not sure how to keep the NSA out but this approach might be a good way to 
> slow down the mining of personal data and provide a public alternative to the 
> monopoly on search and access that Google has recently attained.
> 
> Of course after that the possibility of a Public Facebook etc. etc. also 
> becomes more realistic?
> 
> This project seems do-able and the window may be shrinking?
> 
> Thanks for indulging me!
> 
> — Doug
> 
> 
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