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How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's legal block

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Re: How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's legal block

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Post by TeMPOraL »

kodablah wrote: post #30
diggan wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Alternative approach: Instead of using the IPFS2HTTP gateways (that can easily be censored, as gateway.ipfs.io has already been censored in Catalunya), run a IPFS daemon locally that cannot be censored (but is not anonymous either). I live in Catalunya and wrote this tool for doing just that, in a easy way. It 1) starts a go-ipfs daemon locally, 2) opens up the referendum website in your default browser, via localhos…

> that cannot be censored I am not familiar with IPFS internals, but is there no pattern to the IPFS traffic that the ISPs can shape/block? Too bad about the entire IPFS domain being blocked, because besides the host, HTTPS traffic has safety in numbers. If only there was a way to proxy through google.com or some other popular domain too important to block.

They'd have to block it close to endpoints, because IPFS is a P2P system.

Re: How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's legal block

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Post by zakk »

lloyd-christmas wrote: post #67
mabbo wrote: post #61

I just left Barcelona a couple hours ago, the capital of Catalonia. Everywhere you look, Catalan flags, signs demanding 'democracia', demanding freedom. I'm told this is just normal for the region, but if this is normal then independence is eventual.

150 years after the US civil war, the confederate flag is still flying around. I wouldn't be to hasty to call it eventual.

If you are comparing the two, you have never visited Catalunya. The flag is everywhere, also they speak a different language.

Re: How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's legal block

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Post by AnimalMuppet »

lloyd-christmas wrote: post #67
mabbo wrote: post #61

I just left Barcelona a couple hours ago, the capital of Catalonia. Everywhere you look, Catalan flags, signs demanding 'democracia', demanding freedom. I'm told this is just normal for the region, but if this is normal then independence is eventual.

150 years after the US civil war, the confederate flag is still flying around. I wouldn't be to hasty to call it eventual.

That's true, but you don't see signs demanding "democracy" or secession (except perhaps in Texas, and not really much there either).

That is, while there are confederate flags, there isn't a active, ongoing independence movement in the US south.

Re: How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's legal block

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Post by factsaresacred »

timthelion wrote: post #29

On one of the websites there is an ax in the coat of arms. http://www.referendum.cat/ I recognize that ax symbol from somewhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

I also recognize that ax symbol from somewhere. What's that behind Obama: https://econoslave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/house-of-r.... Two of them!

The fasces has been a symbol of strength and unity long before the Italians co-opted it. And, d'accord, the French do it best: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4f/d2/2d/4fd22dc6288a0e566d26...

Re: How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's legal block

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Post by pm90 »

lloyd-christmas wrote: post #67
mabbo wrote: post #61

I just left Barcelona a couple hours ago, the capital of Catalonia. Everywhere you look, Catalan flags, signs demanding 'democracia', demanding freedom. I'm told this is just normal for the region, but if this is normal then independence is eventual.

150 years after the US civil war, the confederate flag is still flying around. I wouldn't be to hasty to call it eventual.

While that's true, its only a small, mostly racist white minority that is really serious about secession. And don't forget that the Catalan people have their own cultural identity for hundreds of years. i.e. they have a legitimate claim of being different from other Spaniards and thus wishing for their independence.

Re: How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's legal block

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Post by mynewtb »

rljy wrote: post #14
diggan wrote: post #8

"it is nearly-impossible for any actor to block access to this content because it is replicated around the network automatically, using peer-to-peer encrypted connections that would be very hard to identify and block at the ISP level. " It's right that the connections are encrypted, but it's NOT correct to say that content is automatically replicated (but it's a common misconception). Instead, content who is wanted b…

You do NOT need to explicitly pin content to help replicate it. Any content which is requested via IPFS is replicated by the daemon, up until it is GCed. The only thing that pinning does, is prevent the content from ever being GCed

You make it sound like if merely accessing a resource will make my ipfs node share it to others. Is that the case?

Re: How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's legal block

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Post by QAPereo »

ukoki wrote: post #75
pvaldes wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And this is not the end of the history. Would be naively opening the door to a full hell of pain. Try to give one candy to calm a child having a tantrum in a room full of them and see what happens when the other children realize that crying, breaking toys and banging the head on the wall equals to be rewarded with sweets. You allow somebody to break the law and jump over the constitution just because they are inconso…

So? If they want independence who are we to deny it? If your spouse wants a divorce, if your children wish to disown you — you can't deny them just because it's an inconvenience — it is their right.

Countries are not people, they don't respect or love each other, they oscillate between peace and war. The history of every major nation is a history of violence and conquest, not freely entered union.

So, why deny independence? Because only the optics have changed, not the reality?

Re: How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's legal block

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Post by freehunter »

fredrklem wrote: post #53
enriquto wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is the symbol of the "Guardia Civil", a spanish paramilitary force.

Not a paramilitary force,but a nation-wide law enforcement corp

Paramilitary is a militarized group that is not part of the official armed forces, which describes groups like the Civil Guard or Gendarmerie pretty well. A military branch of the government who works with civilian populations.
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