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Does this exist: Truly anonymous content sharing platform or social network? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 8 months ago by cyclohexane@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Given the extistence of technologies like Monero and SimpleX chat, I wonder if it is possible for a truly anonymous content sharing platform to exist? And does it?

Use cases:

  • sharing pirated content without a link back to you
  • journalists or political activists not wanting to be found or caught by a government

The platform should not allow the following to know the details of what you do on this platform:

  • users on the platform: should not know the identity of a poster unless they disclose it
  • the host of the platform: should not know which content belongs to who, or be able to deduce it via traffic logs
  • Intermediates like the ISP, DNS, or your router should not be able to link any content to you. However it is okay if they know that you use the platform at all, just not what you do with it.

Does something like this exist?

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[–] PoliticallyIncorrect@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago

I2p/tor/freenet

[–] hackerwacker@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago

Yes, services on i2p, tor and freenet

[–] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Tor is the best option of anonymity but, its bad opsec that you really have to worry about. There is no platform that can save you from yourself.

[–] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Cwtch

https://cwtch.im/

Decentralized and Open

Participants in Cwtch can host their own safe spaces, or lend their infrastructure to others seeking a safe space. There is no “Cwtch service” or “Cwtch network”. The Cwtch protocol is open, and anyone is free to build bots, services and user interfaces and integrate and interact with Cwtch. Privacy Preserving

All communication in Cwtch is end-to-end encrypted and takes place over Tor v3 onion services. Metadata Resistant

Cwtch has been designed such that no information is exchanged or available to anyone without their explicit consent, including on-the-wire messages and protocol metadata.

[–] glowie@h4x0r.host 1 points 8 months ago

Nostr

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is basically why TAILS exists. If you're interested, you should look into that specifically.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm aware of tails, but I am not confident it qualifies. With Tails, I still connect through my own Internet connection, presumably. I know using tor obfuscates this, but is it to the degree of, say, Monero?

Moreover, I am still at the mercy of the platform I use. Most of them require email or phone verification, and creating an account with lots of data sent over from the clients.

Tails is a necessary component, but the platform is also important.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

That's where the Tor component of TAILS comes in. The documentation here is really valuable:

https://tails.net/doc/anonymous_internet/tor/index.en.html

[–] uzi@lemmy.ca -1 points 8 months ago

Hmmm,...I wonder if Peertube would qualify. I'm genuinelly not sure, although Peertube is federated.

i2p is excellent, but I would guess that it does not have the bandwidth to stream video to watch.

Try using Tails and connect to a Peertube instance.