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In your analogy, what is the equivalent of unsealing envelopes for Freenet, or for that matter, the World Wide Web? I thought what we were talking about was whether there is (or should be) active enforcement of regulations around the content you distribute on a particular medium.

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Huh? This entire subthread is about Freenet and moderating the medium. The analogy is that if USPS were trying to do so, it would be absurd.

It also highlights why I think this is nearly intractable. Distributed, censorship-resistant designs lend themselves to resiliency and permanence. I just have this gut feeling you don't get both. And frankly I think the people trying to shove the cat back into the bag are a bit naive.

But unsealing envelopes doesn’t work as an analogy with FreeNet or the web, which are largely not private communication. We’re talking about removing public content, not reading private messages. And my point is that, while the USPS will (presumably) not unseal envelopes, they will go after you if you send certain content via the postal service.

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