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I’ve heard passing mention of people switching to i2p because they feel the design choices of the Tor project are questionable - suggesting compromise. But these were vague assertions, is there more reading or ability to substantiate this?
I was curious so I went and found this : https://geti2p.net/en/comparison/tor
Benefits of I2P over Tor
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Java, not C (ewww)
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Excuse me?
I wish people stopped using discourse. Sending pictures of pieces of hand written paper over email would be a more user friendly and usable interface than this javascript mess.
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One of the design goals of Discourse was that it should work well on mobile phones. I guess most other forum software is either from the time of before widespread smartphone use or it doesn't consider mobile users. With that being said, I actually don't like discourse's UI and prefer more classical forums like PHPbb.
Discourse goes a bit overboard with the javascript and all the bells and whistles but I don't understand how anybody could prefer PHPbb over it, other than familiarity. That being said I always found PHPbb abysmal to use, even in the early 2000, so clearly I'm biased. My main issue with Discourse is that I prefer HN/Reddit-like threading for replies rather than linear comments, but PHPbb does the same and there are p…
Those signatures loaded with images and longer than actual content were pretty bad.
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I was curious so I went and found this : https://geti2p.net/en/comparison/tor
``` Benefits of I2P over Tor ... Java, not C (ewww) ``` Excuse me?
What are anyones thoughts on the proof of work solution? Aside from energy use
The problem is, that it still requires an address (be it tor or IP). Even if you run the script locally, there is still a need to communicate input and output. So people can just ddos that page. Works great for combating human spam though. You tend to behave better if your login took half a day to get and expires quickly when not used. Plus build in cool down time after getting banned.
I think its worth mentioning that DDOS protection has become a tool to control online discourse. Once you get kicked off Cloudfare, thats mostly it for you if you have a determined attacker. Thats quite a beneficial situation for governments.
I wish people stopped using discourse. Sending pictures of pieces of hand written paper over email would be a more user friendly and usable interface than this javascript mess.
I prefer it over every forum I’ve used, especially on mobile.
I think its worth mentioning that DDOS protection has become a tool to control online discourse. Once you get kicked off Cloudfare, thats mostly it for you if you have a determined attacker. Thats quite a beneficial situation for governments.
Have you actually run any sort of web service/website without Cloudflare? This sounds like something straight out of a sales reps mouth, obviously there is more solutions than just Cloudflare out there...
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Not a question of money. If i recall, all of these are as easy to reach for governments as cloudfare itself. Especially with the threat of KYC. Would be happy to be wrong here though.
"If a government decides they want you offline" is quite a big difference from the original "Once you get kicked off Cloudfare, thats mostly it for you".
I think its worth mentioning that DDOS protection has become a tool to control online discourse. Once you get kicked off Cloudfare, thats mostly it for you if you have a determined attacker. Thats quite a beneficial situation for governments.
A bit dramatic right? Sure, it might be more expensive and difficult but obviously you can run your own WAF, DDOS protection etc.