Data haven

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A data haven is a computer or a network that holds data protected from government action by both technical means (encryption) and location in a country that has either no laws, or poorly-enforced laws restricting use of data and no extradition treaties. HavenCo (centralized) and Freenet (decentralized) are two models of modern-day data havens.

[edit] Purposes of data havens

Reasons for establishing data havens include access to free political speech for users in countries where censorship of the Internet is practiced.

Other reasons can include:

While some advocates of data havens say that they should not be used to facilitate spam, terrorism or child pornography, others seek data havens for these very purposes.

[edit] Origin of the term

This term was coined by Bruce Sterling in his 1988 novel Islands in the Net. The "modern-day" segments of Neal Stephenson's 1999 novel Cryptonomicon concern a small group of entrepreneurs attempting to create a data haven.

[edit] See also

Cryptography portal
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