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51 | @node Privacy and Anonymity | 51 | @node Privacy and Anonymity |
52 | @section Privacy and Anonymity | 52 | @section Privacy and Anonymity |
53 | 53 | ||
54 | The GNUnet protocols minimize the leakage of personally identifiable information of participants and | 54 | The GNUnet protocols minimize the leakage of personally identifiable |
55 | do not allow adversaries to control, track, monitor or censor users activities. The | 55 | information of participants and do not allow adversaries to control, |
56 | GNUnet protocols also make it as hard as possible to disrupt operations by participating in the network with malicious intent. | 56 | track, monitor or censor users activities. The GNUnet protocols also |
57 | make it as hard as possible to disrupt operations by participating in | ||
58 | the network with malicious intent. | ||
57 | 59 | ||
58 | Analyzing participant's activities becomes more difficult as the number of peers and | 60 | Analyzing participant's activities becomes more difficult as the |
59 | applications that generate traffic on the network grows, even if the additional | 61 | number of peers and applications that generate traffic on the network |
60 | traffic generated is not related to anonymous communication. This is one of the reasons why GNUnet is developed as a peer-to-peer | 62 | grows, even if the additional traffic generated is not related to |
61 | framework where many applications share the lower layers of an | 63 | anonymous communication. This is one of the reasons why GNUnet is |
62 | increasingly complex protocol stack. The GNUnet architecture encourages many | 64 | developed as a peer-to-peer framework where many applications share |
63 | different forms of peer-to-peer applications. | 65 | the lower layers of an increasingly complex protocol stack. The GNUnet |
66 | architecture encourages many different forms of peer-to-peer | ||
67 | applications. | ||
64 | 68 | ||
65 | @cindex Practicality | 69 | @cindex Practicality |
66 | @node Practicality | 70 | @node Practicality |
67 | @section Practicality | 71 | @section Practicality |
68 | 72 | ||
69 | Whereever possible GNUnet allows the peer to adjust its operations | 73 | Whereever possible GNUnet allows the peer to adjust its operations and |
70 | and functionalities to specific use cases. A GNUnet peer running on | 74 | functionalities to specific use cases. A GNUnet peer running on a |
71 | a mobile device with limited battery for example might choose not to | 75 | mobile device with limited battery for example might choose not to |
72 | relay traffic for other participants. | 76 | relay traffic for other participants. |
73 | 77 | ||
74 | For certain applications like file-sharing GNUnet allows participants to trade degrees of anonymity in | 78 | For certain applications like file-sharing GNUnet allows participants |
75 | exchange for increased efficiency. However, it is not possible for any | 79 | to trade degrees of anonymity in exchange for increased |
76 | user's efficiency requirements to compromise the anonymity | 80 | efficiency. However, it is not possible for any user's efficiency |
77 | of any other user. | 81 | requirements to compromise the anonymity of any other user. |
78 | |||