Near was an inspiration with their archival emulator work, and influenced my interest in this topic enormously (╥﹏╥)

  • TheLooker [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Kiwifarms is hosted by Joshua Moon on a server rack in his mother’s basement. Free speech DNS providers are a dime a dozen. Cloudflare is the only major infrastructure provider that could refuse service. They are unlikely to do this without major media attention or hard evidence of child pornography.

    Though cp likely exists on their servers, it is also likely that their operational security is adequate and that no one would be given access to sufficient evidence without first implicating themselves. All reports submitted to Cloudflare are forwarded to Joshua for him to take action first.

    Given all of this, KiwiFarms is unlikely to be censored at all. A major media outcry could change this, but it would first have to affect the bottom line of someone wealthy enough to push that agenda.

        • budoguytenkaichi [he/him,they/them]
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          3 years ago

          He could still get parodied cuz of something completely unrelated, so that doesn't really change anything.

          Also, no offense, but I noticed your account was created like 15 minutes ago, so that's a lil :amogus: .

          • TheLooker [comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            This information is all available elsewhere. I am consolidating it for anyone who wants to dig more. Anyone who thinks that creating an alt for this purpose is bad practice should not partake. Do not click the links on the KF home page (currently showing a 404 with an “explanation” of Near’s death)

    • sysgen [none/use name,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I wouldn't be so sure. If something really bad happens, the police will almost certainly uncover the precise identity of the hoster.

      • TheLooker [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Agreed. Especially given that the server is in the US. Ideally we wouldn’t have to wait for an act of terrorism before the site comes down.