Not to sound like a nutjob, but there are a lot of things they have kept hidden. More transparency is needed.

Man, I would have loved to have 25Mbps down previously. Used a rural WISP for a long time, until the company stopped offering the ISP part of it's telecom business. Even then, I could only get about 10Mbps down on a good day. Afterwards, was stuck using a 4G Mobile hotspot in an area where 1 bar of service is standard, two if I walk to the edge of the property. Common speeds for that was 2-3Mbps. I could have gotten ViaSat or something else, but the price, bandwidth cap, reviews and speeds made it seem like a no-go.

Finally after over a year of waiting was able to get Starlink, but it's so costly for the speed and service. I love it, don't get me wrong, but I'd much rather have in-home DSL or something for a quarter of the cost and quarter of the max speed if it was an option here.

This is all within the last few years.

The US is massive and still mostly rural, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to bring fiber to most areas of the country. I feel like you can't drive 100 miles on the interstate without running into some large roadway construction or maintenance project, seems like a good time to build out a larger fiber network and allow ISPs to lease the fiber or something.

And then you have some cities where it's practically ATT and Comcast holding a monopoly on internet, and other cities where there are dozens of small ISPs and multi-gbps fiber to your home or office is an easily accessible and affordable option.

25Mbps is still usable IMO. Will need 100Mbps in about 5 years.

No, I have not, I will check it out, thanks!

Thank you. I feel that it's very important to help out the community in ways that I can.

Have you been following my blog? That's also a good resource with articles going back a couple years.

Your site is one of the first I stumbled upon while first exploring I2P, it is an amazing resource. I check the new listings often to see if anything exciting is available. Thanks for hosting this.

I remember reading his story with great interest from #FreeKevin campaign to 2600 publishing, documentaries, his "Ghost In the Wire" / Art of Invisibility books,.

And Shimomura on his trail. It felt bigger than life

Catching Kevin Wired Article: https://www.wired.com/1996/02/catching/

Had no idea he was not well. Was a bit of a shock at his age. RIP Kevin. You made your mark. 💔

I like this. intense.

As you can see from my list, there are a very large number of clearnet mirrors on I2P. I thank the various people who make this possible.

zzz is currently taking a well earned sabbatical.

so it says in there ,everyone can see your ip address so what is the point?

"Just do it"... always imagined this slogan comes about because if you think too much about something, you'll probably change your mind!

I see more services making I2P mirrors available so people can use the services privately. This will result in some people running I2P only services, then eventually a large portion of the internet will be usable on I2P.

I am making this comment while on I2P, if more services had I2P mirrors I would use them instead of clear net.

They may not be perfect "iPhone: that's privacy" phone... but with their massive public influence, happy for every call-out they make. ;)

Good on Apple! More companies need to call bullshit like this out.

My expectation is rather bleak. People already willing give up so much personal data without a second thought.

You and RTP have put this into words far better than I could. Thank you.

Without collective action by people, I see current trajectory, continuing.

One of continual x, y emergencies (par for the course) used to strip our rights / freedom online / offline.

For example, Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum states: "we need to make a vaccine for the internet". That is something that stuck with me. I have to wonder, what is an "internet vaccine"? Can only imagine the wish is to "clean" (control) the internet, information, and visibility (amplify / deamplification) using AI, digitalID, worldwide. DigitalID will be introduced as a way to increase reputation / visibility. It's not a pretty picture.

We can clearly see innovation is no longer by chance, but instead being financed. Every trend has been by design.

Corporations continuing to make invasive increments in entertainment, "fun" (ie: media, ring doorbell cam TV show, etc - "building / funding our own mass surveillance for plutocracies is fun!").

I see people going 1 of 2 directions: on one hand, we have people who continue to integrate their reality into the newest invasive dopamine hit releasing tech / social products. That group will eventually have all behavior, speech, and lives fully automated by AI (as integration becomes ever more tailored to / in the individual). They will eventually lose what it means to be human (side effect of this tech + loss of privacy / behavior autonomy on long enough time period IMO). All speech / behavior will be policed in a privatized way much like we are seeing today. An increase in the same.

I see another group who for one reason or another choose to enhance private spaces (remaining human). Whether out of curiosity, instinct, or from learning the hard way by having their lives ruined in one way or another by dark corporate profit interests. And it will involve tech on the path of I2P, where all users pitch in resources to pool stronger anonymity be it network, radio or processing.

I forsee many companies willing to engage more of the darkside of AI to find new profit avenues (behind the scenes, and if powerful enough, out in open), to gain power / influence. From deeper / more malicious "reputation" based businesses of various kinds, to products designed to actively manipulate the former humans in the above group using their data. Possibly even businesses catering to manipulate individuals, for other individuals. A more mainstream service of sorts (in comparison to today).

AI will become the modern day "ministry of truth" (1984).

Most don't change until they feel pain. 🧐

Also why it's important to both embrace and create alternatives to the mainstream, like I2P, and alternative networks / mesh.

I do see real hope in that type of thing growing as people better understand threats in the landscape.

😂 Love it.

Facebook cares about it's users!

bows head

And people just hand personal data over right and left ...

Another self serving pact to provide a dash of extra plausible deniability for spying, chock full of empty promises...

As is the modern day standard. 🙃

Facebook: “ 😭 We support giving people more control over how their data is used, but Apple’s far-reaching changes occurred without input from the industry..."

😇

Be your own doctor as much as possible.

I have a soft-spot in my heart for these type of people. As an avid backpacker, it's not uncommon to meet folk doing similar things on foot. I've picked up hitchhikers in the past that have similar stories, traveling vast distances. I've shared my home for several days to one of the nicest dudes ever who was bike-packing across America and just wanted to rest for a few days and pitch a tent in the back yard and use a shower. Lot of nice folks out there who may not fit into ordinary roles in modern society but are the most genuine, happy, and free people you may ever meet.

An N Y T onion a day keeps the paywall away ;) https://www.nytimesn7cgmftshazwhfgzm37qxb44r64ytbb2dj3x62d2lljsciiyd.onion/2023/07/10/upshot/private-equity-doctors-offices.html (bypass)

Quote: “Private equity is like the system on steroids,” said Sherry Glied, the dean of the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University. “Every time there’s an opportunity for making money, P.E. is going to move faster than everyone else. And consolidation is the way to do that.”

It's not about providing "better care" as I'm sure the spokesperson is touting. 🙄

Yeah, he's great. I used to listen when working 3rd shift in a machine shop.