Comment Re: I hate Google (Score 1) 204
Problem is the NNTP protocol hosts are 1. Easily Identifiable hosts. If you use a NNTP client you can definitively see which physical server the thing is definitively hosted on; there's no system to keep the Client and the Server storing the data anonymous from one another, And.
2. NNTP hosts can know and see the content of what they are actually hosting, therefore.. An item can be identified to the NNTP host with an order that they remove / block a specific item or entire newsgroup. There's no mechanism giving the server operator plausible deniability from knowing the underlying contents and meaning of the raw data being stored and retrieved.
3. Not designed for exchanging arbitrary binary data -- this Makes it high-effort for the end user, and as a result,
4. The whole NNTP system is not used regularly for a whole lot of legitimate activity -- Hardly Anybody even knows NNTP exists despite it being a dominant protocol on the Internet before HTTP came about.
5. Because of the above The actual number of NNTP servers is small, blocking NNTP servers is Not seen as very disruptive, So they are very easy for state censors to target NNTP servers; NNTP servers are likely to be targeted and shutdown over objections to items -- the chance of people using NNTP servers daily is very low. It's not a great way of sequestering the control of data from ALL central authorities and actually creating meaningful low-friction access to the public.