@simple@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 days agoFOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companiesthelibre.newsexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1504arrow-down10cross-posted to: linux@programming.devtechnology@beehaw.orgopensource@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldopensource@programming.devhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-square@iarigby@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 days agois it? Someone mentioned proof of work being effective for Tor.
minus-squareBuelldozerlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 days agoPoW has the advantage of being anonymous but I don’t like it as solution for the simple fact that it uses more electricity. It’s just not a very green solution.
minus-square@iarigby@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 days agoit doesn’t have to be only meaningless computations. And even if it were, the cost is nothing compared to such a huge scale of privacy infringement
is it? Someone mentioned proof of work being effective for Tor.
PoW has the advantage of being anonymous but I don’t like it as solution for the simple fact that it uses more electricity. It’s just not a very green solution.
it doesn’t have to be only meaningless computations. And even if it were, the cost is nothing compared to such a huge scale of privacy infringement