Weaving the Dark Web : Legitimacy on Freenet, Tor, and I2P - Robert W. Gehl

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Weaving the Dark Web

Legitimacy on Freenet, Tor, and I2P

By: Robert W. Gehl

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Hardcover | 14 August 2018 | Edition Number 1

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288 Pages

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18+

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2.4 x 16.2 x 23.6

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An exploration of the Dark Web -- websites accessible only with special routing software -- that examines the history of three anonymizing networks, Freenet, Tor, and I2P.

The term ""Dark Web"" conjures up drug markets, unregulated gun sales, stolen credit cards. But, as Robert Gehl points out in Weaving the Dark Web, for each of these illegitimate uses, there are other, legitimate ones: the New York Times's anonymous whistleblowing system, for example, and the use of encryption by political dissidents. Defining the Dark Web straightforwardly as websites that can be accessed only with special routing software, and noting the frequent use of ""legitimate"" and its variations by users, journalists, and law enforcement to describe Dark Web practices (judging them ""legit"" or ""sh!t""), Gehl uses the concept of legitimacy as a window into the Dark Web. He does so by examining the history of three Dark Web systems: Freenet, Tor, and I2P.
Gehl presents three distinct meanings of legitimate: legitimate force, or the state's claim to a monopoly on violence; organizational propriety; and authenticity. He explores how Freenet, Tor, and I2P grappled with these different meanings, and then discusses each form of legitimacy in detail by examining Dark Web markets, search engines, and social networking sites. Finally, taking a broader view of the Dark Web, Gehl argues for the value of anonymous political speech in a time of ubiquitous surveillance. If we shut down the Dark Web, he argues, we lose a valuable channel for dissent.

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Weaving the Dark Web: Legitimacy on Freenet, Tor, and I2P presents legitimacy through thoroughly-researched and organized frames. The telling of esoteric computer science history, the use of archival text from listservs, interviews with developers and users, and concepts from varied disciplines deepen the exploration and leave the reader satiated. The chapters weave and complement each other as we struggle with legitimacy in communication and in power.

-Internet Histories: Digital Technology, Culture and Society

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