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Sept 12, 2007Filesharing/Encryption: www.gigatribe.com Shalsoft releases GigaTribe 2.40, the latest version of its private file-sharing software for networks of friends. GigaTribe lets users select specific folders on their harddrive that they want to share with friends or coworkers; users then invite each other into their private networks. All exchanges are encrytped and entire folders can be exchanged (no file-size limits). May 27, 2007Encryption: FreeOTFE4PDA v2.10 released. FreeOTFE4PDA can create one or more encrypted "virtual storage cards" on Pocket PCs, which look like a normal compact flash or SD card (i.e. storage card) to the user, but encrypt data before it is written to the real storage giving "transparent encryption"). Also available is a PC version ("FreeOTFE") which offers similar functionality for desktop computers May 4, 2007Filesharing/Music: Grooveshark ALPHA product has been released. Grooveshark allows you to purchase DRM-Free music legally over a peer to peer network, and will even pay you for your current collection of songs. Apr 23, 2007Anonymity/Filesharing: MUTE 0.5.1 has been released. MUTE offers anonymous search-and-download file sharing (Windows, Linux, and Mac OS ). Apr 12, 2007Anonymity/Privacy/Encryption/Filesharing & Chat: Retroshare.sf.net 0.30, the anonymity-sensitive open source public domain distributed File Sharing Chat Messenger system, is now available for download (Windows and Linux installers). Retroshare serverless & encrypted Instant Messenger is a cross-platform private p2p sharing program. It lets you share securely your friends, using a web-of-trust to authenticate peers and OpenSSL to encrypt all communication, Chat and Instant Messages. Retroshare provides filesharing, Groupchat, Email-Messages and channels for content Distribution. Its similar like Waste from Nullsoft, only that the buddy is not lost in the next online session and with enhanced FileSharing. Apr 7, 2007Anonymity: kerjodando 0.1b, the anonymity open source public domain distributed anonymous p2p f2f file sharing system written in java, is now available for download (Windows, Linux, and Mac OS ). Jan 4, 2007Anonymity: Syndie 1.001a, the anonymity-sensitive open source public domain distributed forums system written in java, is now available for download (Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X installers). This is an alpha release ("substantial changes still in progress, liable to break, for geeks only") that could be useful for early developers and adopters (code contributions are welcome). Syndie aka Syndiemedia is brought to you by the development team of I2P.
Nov 7, 2006File sharing: Pando a free service allowing file sharing via P2P. Focuses on individual or small group file sharing. Encrypted connections and available for Mac and PC.
Sept 5, 2006File sharing: Sharereactor, one of the first and most reliable eDonkey portals, is back! Aug 30, 2006Anonymity: New Torpark Release - an anonymous and self-contained Web browser is released with updates and bug fixes. Effectively Portable Firefox with set of choice plugins (including Tor). Filesharing Allpeers Enters Public Beta - a secure Friend-to-Friend file sharing system using Firefox. Contains some bugs, problems, and limitations on number of files shared but is expected to soon be the Firefox "killerapp." Read more from zeropaid.
July 24, 2006Filesharing: StrongDC++ 2.0 released. This latest-and-greatest of one of the longest living File Sharing clients adds security, speed, and feature tweaks.
July 11, 2006Filesharing: Friend-to-Friend file sharing project kerjodando is looking for alpha testers for their new software. Anonymity: Thanks to coderman for pointing me to JanusVM, an "Internet Privacy Appliance" (essentially openVPN, Squid, Privoxy, and Tor running in a VMWare virtual machine). July 10, 2006Uploads: File uploads should now work - feel free to upload appropriate images, but please don't get us into trouble with copyrighted stuff.
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Technical: OK, folks, sorry for the delay in getting us back on track. The infoAnarchy wiki should now be fully operational again, please e-mail me at moeller AT scireview DOT de if something isn't working right. Will take some time to get the story content out of the Scoop database into a reasonable format -- let me know if you want to help.
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The Infoanarchist's Handbook
- Searching for music, applications, and other files of interest — Using Instant Messaging, Using File Sharing Networks, Using the Web, How to Search, Using Usenet, Using IRC
- Protecting your privacy — Encrypting your: e-mail, Chat, Encrypting Your File Sharing, Files, Network Links, Getting rid of spyware, Getting rid of pop-ups, Obscurity
Peer-to-Peer Journalism and collaborative writing
- Collaboration terms — Collaborative filtering, Collaborative writing, Content management system, Moderation, Peer-To-Peer Journalism, Scorefile, Weblog, Wiki Wiki Web
- Content management and collaborative journalism systems — Active2, Drupal, Scoop, Slashcode, PHPNuke, PostNuke, WikiWiki Software, Xoops, Typo3
- Collaborative writing websites — Drop.Org, Indymedia, infoAnarchy, Kuro5hin, Wikipedia, Recyclopedia, Consumerium, Disinfopedia, Metaweb, Empathy Collective
Peer-to-Peer Protocols, Applications, and file sharing
- Major File Sharing Applications — Blubster, eDonkey2000 (and related), DirectConnect and Gnucleus, Ares, Tesla, Winny, BitTorrent and various clients like Exeem and Azureus
- Open or Reverse-Engineered File-Sharing Protocols — Alpine, The Circle, Freenet, giFT, GNUnet, Gnutella, Mnet, Napster / OpenNap, WASTE, MUTE, ENTROPY, ANts
- Major Classes Of Peer-To-Peer Applications — Distributed file sharing, Distributed file storage, Distributed computing, Distributed hash table
- Development — GnucDNA, The Gnutella Developer Forum
- Websites & News — infoAnarchy, P2P Net, Filedonkey.Com, Slashdot, Slyck.com, Zeropaid.com, P2pnet.net, Streamerp2p.Com, MP3Board.com, V2V, CacheLogic, PeerCast.Org, Afterdawn, MP3 Newswire, OpenP2P, #apt-get install anarchism, Infoshop
Peer-to-Peer-Related Problem Areas
- Terms — File sharing, Data haven, Hash-Link, Rating, Reputation, Trust, Troubleshooting, Performance, Measure, Identification, Closed Source, Documentation
- Software Problems — Adware, Spyware, Scumware, Vaporware, Bugs, Bottleneck, Footprint, Legacy, User Interface, Trojan Horse, Backdoor, Virus, Worm, Exploit
- Integration, Standards, Frameworks, Languages — Kademlia, Tristero, BEEP, REBOL, .NET, Mono, Semantic Web, WxWindows, Hailstorm, GNUe
- Complementary Currency Systems (similar but different to Barter) — Time Dollars, Hash Cash
- Work Systems — Working Openly, Gift Economy, Mutual Aid, Collective, Cooperative
- Common File formats, Platforms, Toolkits And Libraries, Architectures, Processors, Filesystems, Models
Copyright, Patents, Trademarks, and Cyber-Liberties
- Terms — Copyleft, Copyright, Patent, Public Domain, Trademark, Intellectual Property, Free speech, Free, Digital Rights Management, Fair Use, Prior Art
- Laws and Treaties — DMCA, CDA, CBDTPA, World Copyright Treaty, TRIPS, Berne Convention, EUCD
- Historic Cases — Supreme Court VCR hearing, Free Kevin, Eldred v. Ashcroft, etc.
- Friends And Enemies — Civil liberty, fair use, and freedom of speech advocates versus corporations, John Ashcroft, and a moronic patent law system.
- The Halls Of The Dead — Where we mourn the loss of those things which have passed. P2P Clients, Websites, etc.
Information Tools
- Conversion Tools - from one file format to another
- Operating System(s) — BeOS, BSD, DOS, ELKS, GNU/Hurd, OS/2, GNU/Linux (Linux), Macintosh, Minix, QNX, ReactOS, Solaris, Symbian OS, Windows
- Chat Clients — Internet Relay Chat, Instant Messenger, Persistent Online Worlds, Tele/Videoconferencing, social networking
- E-mail clients and Groupware — Evolution, Eudora, KMail, Mahogany, Mutt, Pegasus, Pine, Sylpheed, Chandler, Mozilla Mail/News, Foxmail, Gnus
- Web browsers — Arachne, Dillo, Internet Explorer, Konqueror, Links, Lynx, OmniWeb, Opera, Safari, Skipstone, w3m, Gecko-Based Browsers: K-Meleon, Netscape Navigator, Firefox, Mozilla, Galeon, Camino.
- Web filters (Ad-Filters, selective site banning, etc): FilterProxy, Internet Junkbuster, Muffin, Privoxy (GPL), The Proxomitron (Windows), WebCleaner, Swiftsurf
- Web caches — Squid, SmartCache, Dijjer
- Other circumvention — Cracks And Serials
- Audio/Video Software — Winamp, XMMS, iTunes, STP, Real Player, Audacity, VLC, Zinf
- Audio Formats — MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Real Audio, Windows Media Audio (WMA), MP3Pro and MPEG-4 audio (AAC).
- Video Formats — DivX, MPEG-4 video, Quicktime (MOV), Real Video, Windows Media Video (WMV), Video Compact Disk (VCD), (MPEG-1/2 video), MPEG-21
Other Popular Subjects
As a wiki, contributors are free to go on wild tangents. We have been blessed by a significant number of contributions in a range of interesting fields:
- Art, Culture, Economics, Games, Music, Movies, Television
- Government — Politics, Ideology, Activism
- Mass media, Journalism, Information and Activism Websites
- Internet Trends — a list of recent Internet Innovations that are worth keeping an eye on
- Religion — Evil, Bad Guys, Oppression and the Holy Grail
- Sayings — common internet abbreviations
- Science — including Technology, Communications and Knowledge
- Vegetarianism — Veganism, Ethics and Environmentalism
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- Name Pages — An attempt to maintain a list of the individuals who have personal "Name Pages" on this wiki, usually regular contributors.

