P2P Group Tests New Weapon

Preliminary testing has begun on a new weapon that threatens to scuttle efforts to stop illicit online music swapping. Internet privacy activists at Freenet Project posted word on their web site that they were looking for other users to test a refined version of darknet software designed to keep file swappers anonymous. The new software is being heralded as scalable, which means it would enable large numbers of computer users to freely share files online without revealing their identities