• Bloefz@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      I’m kinda hoping a more mainstream darknet will appear. Basically like the role VPN providers have now but more .onion like. It’s basically what common people use for stuff that’s slightly at odds with the law but not too terrible. Like pirate bay. Soon adult sites and social media will fall in this category too if you desire anonymity.

      Tor and I2P are too dark for the regular person to go to for their social media just because they want anonymity. There’s too much really nasty stuff there.

      The problem of how to create anonymity even when the law forbids it, while still pushing back against the real crimes is a difficult one.

      Basically I want my 2002 internet back but how?

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        7 hours ago

        Tor and I2P are too dark for the regular person to go to for their social media just because they want anonymity. There’s too much really nasty stuff there. The kind of crime that actually harms real people, not some rich shareholders.

        Uhm, no? You still have to actively search for and visit those sites, you don’t just open tor browser and randomly land on dread

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          7 hours ago

          No but it’s the association that makes you suspicious, gets exit nodes banned and just gives it a bad reputation. That damages more mainstream initiatives because nobody wants to be known as promotor of the silk road and csam network.