Off System - Anonymity

Anonymity

OFF derives its anonymity from the following:

1. No source file content is stored in the block cache, only blocks that consist of provably random data.
2. No source file content is searched for on the network.
3. No source file content is transmitted over the network.
4. (No block in the cache is copyrightable by itself, because numbers - however large - cannot be subject to copyright (and neither would be small parts of a copyrighted work).)
5. The original uploader remains unknown, because blocks are dispersed into the network and therefore downloading is done from multiple sources.
6. During disperse, the usage of the block cannot be stated, because blocks are re-used in other contexts to re-assemble other source file blocks. (TODO that is true also for retrieve)
7. (No block can be copyrighted without logical contradictions, because blocks used for re-assembling a source file block are re-used for re-assembly of other source file blocks. It is undecidable who would have copyright on a block, which has several meanings. Everyone would have copyright on everything.)
8. If the OFF-internal search function is used, search terms are untraceable to its originator, because the search request is forwarded to the next node and its results back to that node instead of directly to the originator. It is thus not possible to decide whether a node is the originating node or a node doing a search request on behalf of another node.
9. TODO add digital copyright note