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What are you going to do when the internet starts asking for ID for everything? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And the government will be able to easily squash that by tracing the sources. It's gonna have to be more of an underground darknet that piggybacks off other signals like copper or electrical.

[–] happydoors@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, it’s hard not to imagine anything that couldn’t be compromised pretty quickly these days. That being said, is it worth the money to hunt down tens of thousands of small mesh devices? Value plays a big part in this for both sides, I guess. I actually have no idea how plausible any of it is, just fun to dream up