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I2P is an anonymous overlay network - a network within a network. It is intended to protect communication from dragnet surveillance and monitoring by third parties such as ISPs.

Imagine you distribute PDFs of political pamphlets. Usenet is a superior method for sending and receiving them than Bit-torrent or file-lockers. Your ISP and the government can't do deep packet inspection on your Internet connection to see what you are doing: Usenet providers use SSL encryption but you'd need to pay for a VPN service to be protected if you use torrents or File-lockers.