This is probably one of the more important things that I have read about AI. I have not liked the way the internet has been acting with me. Now I know why.
Not a techie but have been around it and the net as a user since 1982 on apple2e.
Perhaps it is time for fr and others to close down access and go back to the old ring model?
“Perhaps it is time for fr and others to close down access and go back to the old ring model?”
You are the first here who actually “gets it”! Absolutely! We are going to be forced to go underground and off the mainstream Top Level Domain layer (surface web). Back to similar to dialup days, the Ring and BBS days, when everyone hosted their own server. But it is much easier easier now.
Now days there are actually P2P local desktop clients that let you do this efficiently. They are both a secure browser and personal server both. So there is absolutely no need for any of the centralized TLD controls. They work directly client to client and do not even need a central server at all. You do not even have to get domain names or deal with any of that control current industry control.
But to build a secure trusted network would be no problem at all with one of these client protocols. I have been hollering for a couple years now. If we do not start looking into this option it is all going to be gone. No more human to human interaction at all.
And these have EXCELLENT military grade security. Everything is encrypted, they use TLS certificates, packages self destruct if they are tampered with in transit between end to end clients, connections are tunneled like a VPN by default, the IDs are so secure it would take a super computer ten years to hack an ID.
But here is the cool thing... They are modern and have modern features. They have email, personal display “walls” where you can post images and such as a profile page, file sharing, make group forums, personal blogs, group chat and private messaging with video and/or audio like a phone call, Etc. all from just a local desktop client.
Here is an example of just one of these protocols. But there are several client protocol options available:
Thing is they are not in the current internet control/spy system... They are completely legal and utilize a different layer of the internet. They use the open “deep web”. Absolutely not to be confused with the “dark web”. They are not the same at all. The “dark web” is only the network used by the TOR browser. To be dark web it has to have a .onion address. Here is an explanation of the different layers:
https://www.everound.com/insights/understanding-the-layers-of-the-internet
Anyhow you are absolutely on the right track. Pretty soon (if not now) we are going to be forced to options like this if humans want to stay connected and keep each other sane...