@Daojoan That's part of the funny thing about using #darknets and #AnonymizingNetworks.

You'd think that the major focus on anonymity & privacy would detract from the intimacy or real-ness, but turns out it's closer to the old net and so the opposite happens.

@strypey @toolbear @latelesley @raineer @socketwench Not exactly, instance/server-centrism is embedded pretty deeply in #ActivityPub's core, and that assumption on the #clearnet has some immediate monetary consequences that #p2p programs with #gossip-spreading & first-class support for relays and diverse #networking & messaging transports (#darknets, overlays, #AsynchronousNetworking, etc) don't.

Both relays and p2p can be hacked on to some degree... but the seams are very obvious & fragile.

@AdrianVolt @mcc I'm actually hoping that massive corposcum's willful #enshittification alongside the impracticality of smaller corporate hosting will lead to mass abandon of the #clearnet for #FreeSoftware services on the various #darknets and #AnonymizingNetworks that can mitigate that liability.

If we're to give up on realism, then I would also hope it brings back the #P2P-first approach into the fore.

#Privacy #Anonymity #Anonymous #Networking #SelfHosting #darknet

@iampytest1 @dalias @campuscodi So basically this is the same old "don't expose #darknet servers to the #clearnet" thing?

I'd be wary of even reusing the same server across different #darknets, and spinning up a VM for each is cheap-enough to do with little-enough hassle there's really no good reason not to do it.

#Anonymization #DeAnonymization

@nytpu It's worth noting that a better option yet than the private sites is to use #P2P #AnonymizationNetworks and #darknets, particularly #mixnet implementations.

They tend to be gratis, #FreeSoftware and better at complicating traffic & timing analysis.

#Darknet #AnonymousNetwork #Anonymity

@jz That hydra approach has gotten fairly popular lately on the various #darknets, I think applying it to the #clearnet might be a lot more expensive though.

It's not novel to do so per se, #C2 servers have done so for a while now, but for wide relatively-public use is less common.

#darknet