[HN Gopher] The Internet Is Broken: Idealistic Ideas for Buildin...
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       The Internet Is Broken: Idealistic Ideas for Building a GNU Network
       [pdf] (2014)
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 57 points
       Date   : 2024-08-04 16:39 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | nairboon wrote:
       | Could use a 2014 in the title. One of the authors is the inventor
       | of GNUnet.
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Year added above. Thanks!
        
       | artistminute wrote:
       | Did any projects come of this technical paper?
        
       | jacinabox wrote:
       | Yes routers learn details about the destination of the packets
       | they carry, but this is not a problem for most purposes. The
       | author goes on to make some vague insinuation that tls
       | implementations are insecure but if they are the solution is to
       | fix the implementation. The Internet is designed so that all
       | types of implementations of networking software can communicate
       | on equal terms which means that it is already an open protocol. L
       | take
        
         | pessimizer wrote:
         | > Yes routers learn details about the destination of the
         | packets they carry, but this is not a problem for most
         | purposes.
         | 
         | For which purposes is it a problem?
        
       | Zaskoda wrote:
       | Somewhat related - I really like the model of authenticating
       | users via a wallet for the Ethereum network. It's not without
       | it's problems and it's friction, but it creates a single public
       | profile a user can use across different walled gardens. If you
       | happen to use a wallet anyway, the experience of logging into
       | various websites with it is rather glorious.
        
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