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Freenet

Freenet is free software which lets you anonymously share files, browse and publish... Created by The Freenet Project

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Freenet is free software which lets you anonymously share files, browse and publish "freesites" (web sites accessible only through Freenet) and chat on forums, without fear of censorship. Freenet is decentralised to make it less vulnerable to attack, and if used in "darknet" mode, where users only connect to their friends, is very difficult to detect.

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decentralized networks, Open-Source Everything, and Decentralization

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Anonymity Anonymous Secure Filesharing Decentralized Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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anonymity anonymous-secure-filesharing censorship-resistant connection darknet decentralized distributed-data-store freedom-of-speech peer-to-peer

Freenet was added by ondrapelech in Oct 2009 and the latest update was made in Jun 2018. The list of alternatives was updated May 2018 There is a history of all activites on Freenet in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on Freenet or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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Freenet Comments

Admins please remove all VPN alternatives.

Comment by Deviated

about Freenet · Apr 2017 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

I2P, Freenet & ZeroNet are entire ecosystems each one. They are not only gates to circumvent censorship and you can't use them as VPNs.

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