[HN Gopher] I2P Anonymous Network
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I2P Anonymous Network
Author : whereistimbo
Score : 33 points
Date : 2024-11-03 11:29 UTC (8 days ago)
(HTM) web link (geti2p.net)
(TXT) w3m dump (geti2p.net)
| fsflover wrote:
| The completely anonymous, built-in torrents in I2P are hugely
| undervalued. I expected that every big torrent tracker would set
| up a mirror in I2P in order to allow their users to stay
| anonymous. I don't understand why they don't do it.
| Charon77 wrote:
| There's already the DHT that really removes the need of
| trackers in the first place.
| fsflover wrote:
| It doesn't hide the IPs and doesn't help discovery.
| anacrolix wrote:
| Yeah it really isn't anonymous at all.
| aspenmayer wrote:
| I don't think public torrent trackers would have much incentive
| to do so, as their legal justification is that they aren't
| hosting or linking to files themselves. If they were to run
| services like I2P they would probably have a harder time making
| that claim.
|
| Private trackers probably wouldn't want to do that because it
| probably would mess with the largely IP-based seed ratio
| requirements which most private trackers have.
| fsflover wrote:
| > If they were to run services like I2P they would probably
| have a harder time making that claim.
|
| What are you talking about? Torrent servers in I2P don't
| store files either.
|
| > largely IP-based seed ratio requirements
|
| I thought it was largely account-based, not IP-based.
| aspenmayer wrote:
| > What are you talking about? They don't store files
| either.
|
| Running I2P would require more storage than the status quo
| of not running it. They usually store torrents and or
| magnet links, not the files themselves. I don't know how
| much overhead running I2P would be over and above running a
| tracker also?
|
| > I thought it was largely account-based, not IP-based.
|
| Yes, those are not mutually exclusive. You have an account
| and the tracker binds the IP that downloads the torrent to
| a cookie or to a unique tracker announce url.
| fsflover wrote:
| > Running I2P would require more storage than the status
| quo of not running it
|
| I don't think it's significant. You might confuse I2P
| with Hyphanet (formerly Freenet), which is dedicated to
| anonymous storage.
|
| > I don't know how much overhead running I2P would be
| over and above running a tracker also?
|
| The overhead will depend on whether you want to keep your
| tracker's IP hidden. If not, it should be minimal AFAIK.
| oigursh wrote:
| I believe there's a simple boot flag for tails OS that let's you
| use this instead of Tor.
| fsflover wrote:
| It was removed from Tails in 2017:
| https://tails.net/doc/anonymous_internet/tor/why/index.en.ht...
| sunshine-o wrote:
| While I really like the concept, I2P is one of those P2P network
| strongly associated with the darkest corner of the Internet in my
| mind and something I would rather stay away from (because I would
| rather not get arrested randomly because I have used it).
|
| Now I was just going through the I2P Wikipedia page and I
| couldn't find anything about that. Are my fears irrational?
| seanw444 wrote:
| Unless you live in a third-world country, I don't think you
| have to worry much, especially if you live a very
| uncontroversial life.
| ignoramous wrote:
| > _Unless you live in a third-world country..._
|
| Funny how some people fantasize all the autocratic, dystopian
| shit must always be going down in the "third world". Too much
| Hollywood.
| fsflover wrote:
| > strongly associated with the darkest corner of the Internet
| in my mind
|
| Just like Tor?
|
| https://support.torproject.org/#abuse_what-about-criminals
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