The Open Web is Dying

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The most practical approach is a decentralized system that protects the web, but I fear that we have moved well beyond the practicality of a change like that.

That fact is that a very large percentage of society won’t even understand what is happening, and frankly, won’t care, at least until they find themselves wondering why they can’t find information on the web, or why they are wearing a digital golden star.

Do you guys agree? It's pretty dark. I think if 15% of society chooses a freedom and privacy path, that it eventually ripples enough to matter. There's so many federated and decentralized projects right now, that I can't even keep track. I think we're still all up in this battle and there is hope.

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I think that VPNs, P2P torrents and the TorNetwork will always have its place in society. The unfortunate thing is that most people do not even know that these tools even exist and most that do know of their existence think that only ID thieves, drug dealers, and pedophiles use them.