The Tails project announced the release of version 2.12 of the operating system which focuses on "privacy and anonymity."
The new version includes Gnome Sound Recorder, removes I2P, runs on version 4.9.13 of the Linux kernel, and as per usual remedies "numerous security holes" in the previous release. Distro Watch has additional coverage.
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(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Friday April 21 2017, @12:43PM (1 child)
So they've got Tor, they're removing I2P...what about Freenet? If I were to use a darknet that would definitely be my first choice, then I2P, then Tor. My problem with Tor is that it was designed as a proxy with the darknet stuff bolted on after, which worries me a bit. And Tor and I2P both, if I'm not mistaken, require you to continually run a server on your own system if you want to host something on the darknet. With Freenet everything is distributed, so even if an attacker is able to coordinate multiple nodes to trace back where the file is coming from, that still isn't the person who actually uploaded the thing. So it feels like that should be more secure, although I'll admit I don't entirely know what I'm talking about here :)
Of course, the "down" side of Freenet is you can only upload static content. Although even when I used it many years ago there were some workarounds for that so there's probably more now...I dunno, anyone actually know the state of Freenet these days? I've been gone since the 0.5/0.7 split but it seems to still be active...
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Friday April 21 2017, @09:02PM
There was a request for that, which was turned down.
https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6078 [riseup.net]