71% of users support the absurd idea of closing the darknet
Hidden network, darknet - for the average person it sounds scary. The media constantly talk about the darknet in connection with criminal activities, the sale of drugs and weapons, the work of assassins and the organization of terrorist acts.
No wonder that the idea that the darknet network is a criminal one has become firmly established in the public mind. Like, a normal person has nothing to hide. A survey of more than 24,000 Internet users in 24 countries around the world by the Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), gave a sad result: 71% of respondents supported the idea of completely closing the hidden network ( pdf ). Obviously, most of these people have little idea of what Tor is, if they think that the network can simply be “closed”.
"Close" Tor - it means simultaneously blocking more than 7,000 sticks around the world. Governments around the world still can not reliably block access to any one site, for example, The Pirate Bay or Rutracker. For them, blocking 7,000 relays — the hidden points of entry into the darknet — would be a daunting task.
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And that's not all, because the darknet is not only Tor, but also other anonymous networks, like Freenet and I2P .
But most importantly, why this idea is absurd - not all sites in the darknet are engaged in criminal activity, so there is no legitimate reason to block the darknet entirely. In the end, law enforcement agencies, albeit with difficulty, if they wish, find the owners of illegal “anonymous” sites and find their hosters.
Darknet performs a very important task, helping defend against the arbitrariness of the authorities to activists in countries with a non-democratic regime, protecting journalists and informants who report abuse by authorities like Edward Snowden.
Nevertheless, the idea of full closure of the darknet is supported by the majority of users even in democratic countries: in the USA - 72%, in Germany - 67%, in Sweden - 61%. Sweden has the minimum rate among all countries, and the maximum - in Indonesia (85%), India (82%), Mexico (80%) and China (79%).
No wonder that the idea that the darknet network is a criminal one has become firmly established in the public mind. Like, a normal person has nothing to hide. A survey of more than 24,000 Internet users in 24 countries around the world by the Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), gave a sad result: 71% of respondents supported the idea of completely closing the hidden network ( pdf ). Obviously, most of these people have little idea of what Tor is, if they think that the network can simply be “closed”.
"Close" Tor - it means simultaneously blocking more than 7,000 sticks around the world. Governments around the world still can not reliably block access to any one site, for example, The Pirate Bay or Rutracker. For them, blocking 7,000 relays — the hidden points of entry into the darknet — would be a daunting task.
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And that's not all, because the darknet is not only Tor, but also other anonymous networks, like Freenet and I2P .
But most importantly, why this idea is absurd - not all sites in the darknet are engaged in criminal activity, so there is no legitimate reason to block the darknet entirely. In the end, law enforcement agencies, albeit with difficulty, if they wish, find the owners of illegal “anonymous” sites and find their hosters.
Darknet performs a very important task, helping defend against the arbitrariness of the authorities to activists in countries with a non-democratic regime, protecting journalists and informants who report abuse by authorities like Edward Snowden.
Nevertheless, the idea of full closure of the darknet is supported by the majority of users even in democratic countries: in the USA - 72%, in Germany - 67%, in Sweden - 61%. Sweden has the minimum rate among all countries, and the maximum - in Indonesia (85%), India (82%), Mexico (80%) and China (79%).
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/357036/
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