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by mirimir 3409 days ago
> Gnutella is just distributed and FreeNet is anonymous.

That's a dangerous meme to be spreading. FreeNet is not anonymous. Peers know your IP address. And malicious peers can learn what chunks your node is handling. Sure, there's "plausible deniability". And common probabilistic attribution arguments are bogus. But that's cold comfort after the SWAT team has impounded all of your gear.

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> And malicious peers can learn what chunks your node is handling.

They can't however tell if you are serving them or if you cached them due to their requests.

That's true. But it's a long way from "anonymous".