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February 15, 2010

Anonymity/Filesharing: I2P 0.7.11 released. I2P
is an anonymizing network, offering a simple layer that
identity-sensitive applications can use to securely communicate. All
data is wrapped with several layers of encryption, and the network is
both distributed and dynamic, with no trusted parties.

–MrWhite 03:58, 8 March 2010 (CET)

January 17, 2010

Filesharing: Forban v0.0.5 released – p2p application using link-local and local area network for sharing files and especially sharing bookshelf.

April 23rd 2009

Encryption: FreeOTFE v4.71 and FreeOTFE Explorer v2.10 released – the first disk encryption system to be released which doesn’t need administrator rights to be used "portably" (e.g. with USB sticks)

Past News

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International: Copyright Term Reform

Europe: The continuing fight against software patents

France: France Moves Closer to Unprecedented Internet Regulation

Germany:

Upcoming events

  • IPTPS ’10 (9th International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems) – San Jose, CA – April 27, 2010
  • 4th PrivacyOS Conference – Oxford, UK – April 12-13, 2010
  • re:publica’10 – Conference about blogs, social media and the digital society Berlin, Germany – April 14-16, 2010
  • OKCon 2010 Open Knowledge Conference – London, UK – April 24, 2010
  • EuroDIG 2010 Madrid, Spain – April 29-30, 2010

The Infoanarchist’s Handbook

Introduction — Table of Contents
Searching for music, applications, and other files of interest — Using Instant Messaging, Using File Sharing Networks, Using the Web, How to Search, Using Usenet, Using IRC
Staying anonymous — Anonymous Web Surfing, Anonymous Usenet Posting, Anonymous E-Mail
Protecting your privacy — Encrypting your: e-mail, Chat, Encrypting Your File Sharing, Files, Network Links, Getting rid of spyware, Getting rid of pop-ups, Obscurity

Peer-to-Peer Journalism and collaborative writing

Collaboration terms — Collaborative filtering, Collaborative writing, Content management system, Moderation, Peer-To-Peer Journalism, Scorefile, Weblog, Wiki Wiki Web
Content management and collaborative journalism systems — Active2, Drupal, Scoop, Slashcode, PHPNuke, PostNuke, WikiWiki Software, Xoops, Typo3
Collaborative writing websites — Drop.Org, Indymedia, infoAnarchy, Kuro5hin, Wikipedia, Recyclopedia, Consumerium, Disinfopedia, Metaweb, Empathy Collective
Bot Blogging — Chump, Daily Chump, #infoanarchy
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Peer-to-Peer Protocols, Applications, and file sharing

Major File Sharing Applications — Blubster, eDonkey2000 (and related), DirectConnect and Gnucleus, Ares, Tesla, Winny, BitTorrent and various clients like Exeem and Azureus
Open or Reverse-Engineered File-Sharing Protocols — Alpine, The Circle, Freenet, giFT, GNUnet, Gnutella, Mnet, Napster / OpenNap, WASTE, MUTE, ENTROPY, ANts
Major Classes Of Peer-To-Peer Applications — Distributed file sharing, Distributed file storage, Distributed computing, Distributed hash table
Development — GnucDNA, The Gnutella Developer Forum
Websites & News — infoAnarchy, P2P Net, Filedonkey.Com, Slashdot, Slyck.com, Zeropaid.com, Streamerp2p.Com, MP3Board.com, V2V, PeerCast.Org, Afterdawn, MP3 Newswire, OpenP2P, Infoshop
Internet Radio: Enemy Combatant Radio, Off The Hook

Peer-to-Peer-Related Problem Areas

Terms — File sharing, Data haven, Hash-Link, Rating, Reputation, Trust, Troubleshooting, Performance, Measure, Identification, Closed Source, Documentation
Software Problems — Adware, Spyware, Scumware, Vaporware, Bugs, Bottleneck, Footprint, Legacy, User Interface, Trojan Horse, Backdoor, Virus, Worm, Exploit
Metadata — Bitzi, MusicBrainz, TorrentSpy
Integration, Standards, Frameworks, Languages — Kademlia, Tristero, BEEP, REBOL, .NET, Mono, Semantic Web, WxWindows, Hailstorm, GNUe
Payment Systems — OpenDBS, Paypal, E-Gold, GoldMoney, Affero, Worldpay
Complementary Currency Systems (similar but different to Barter) — Time Dollars, Hash Cash
Work Systems — Working Openly, Gift Economy, Mutual Aid, Collective, Cooperative
Data — Gift Economy Data, Peer-To-Peer Growth Data
Common File formats, Platforms, Toolkits And Libraries, Architectures, Processors, Filesystems, Models

Copyright, Patents, Trademarks, and Cyber-Liberties

Terms — Copyleft, Copyright, Patent, Public Domain, Trademark, Intellectual Property, Free speech, Free, Digital Rights Management, Fair Use, Prior Art
Organizations — ACLU, BSA, CDT, EFA, EFF, FCC, FSF, IANA, ICANN, IFPI, ISOC, MPAA, RIAA, WIPO, WTO
Laws and Treaties — DMCA, CDA, CBDTPA, World Copyright Treaty, TRIPS, Berne Convention, EUCD
Historic Cases — Supreme Court VCR hearing, Free Kevin, Eldred v. Ashcroft, etc.
Friends And Enemies — Civil liberty, fair use, and freedom of speech advocates versus corporations, John Ashcroft, and a moronic patent law system.
The Halls Of The Dead — Where we mourn the loss of those things which have passed. P2P Clients, Websites, etc.

Information Tools

Conversion Tools – from one file format to another
Operating System(s) — BeOS, BSD, DOS, ELKS, GNU/Hurd, OS/2, GNU/Linux (Linux), Macintosh, Minix, QNX, ReactOS, Solaris, Symbian OS, Windows
Newsreaders — Pan, Agent, Xnews, Mozilla Mail/News, Newsbin, Gnus, Usenet Binaries
Chat Clients — Internet Relay Chat, Instant Messenger, Persistent Online Worlds, Tele/Videoconferencing, social networking
E-mail clients and Groupware — Evolution, Eudora, KMail, Mahogany, Mutt, Pegasus, Pine, Sylpheed, Chandler, Mozilla Mail/News, Foxmail, Gnus
Editors — cream, Emacs, jEdit, NoteTab (Windows), nedit, Treepad, vi/vim
Office — OpenOffice, KOffice, Word Perfect, Microsoft Office
Web browsers — Arachne, Dillo, Internet Explorer, Konqueror, Links, Lynx, OmniWeb, Opera, Safari, Skipstone, w3m, Gecko-Based Browsers: K-Meleon, Netscape Navigator, Firefox, Mozilla, Galeon, Camino.
FTP Clients — FileZilla
Web filters (Ad-Filters, selective site banning, etc): FilterProxy, Internet Junkbuster, Muffin, Privoxy (GPL), The Proxomitron (Windows), WebCleaner, Swiftsurf
Web caches — Squid, SmartCache, Dijjer
Adware/Spyware*Removal — AdAware, Spybot, Spychecker
Firewall/Proxy circumvention — Corkscrew, Cryptcat, Httptunnel, Netcat, PuTTY, stunnel, VTun
Other circumvention — Cracks And Serials
Audio/Video Software — Winamp, XMMS, iTunes, STP, Real Player, Audacity, VLC, Zinf

Other Popular Subjects

As a wiki, contributors are free to go on wild tangents. We have
been blessed by a significant number of contributions in a range of
interesting fields:

Art, Culture, Economics, Games, Music, Movies, Television
Government — Politics, Ideology, Activism
Mass media, Journalism, Information and Activism Websites
Internet Trends — a list of recent Internet Innovations that are worth keeping an eye on
Religion — Evil, Bad Guys, Oppression and the Holy Grail
Sayings — common internet abbreviations
Science — including Technology, Communications and Knowledge
Vegetarianism — Veganism, Ethics and Environmentalism

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Donations — Tracking donations and expenditures (inactive).
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iA Wiki Talk — General discussion on the content of this Wiki.
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Name Pages — An attempt to maintain a list of the individuals who have personal "Name Pages" on this wiki, usually regular contributors.

 

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