Editing Nexus P2P trust network (section)

==== Dedicated Search engines? ====
If I understand right, there is nothing that would stop a bigger player (such as Google) to crawl all the records and store them on a central server, with a search index, and associated with the profile information on the social networks - if this profile information is publicly available. Maybe that is not what you intended, but this would be a possible solution for search: Have one or more services that offer search features.

''I hadn't thought of it, but you are right.''

''Although the 3M's talked a lot about privacy and dark nets, this particular project is for people who want to be found (up to the level of detail provided in their profile), and don't mind being the subject of references. So there's no need to protect the network even from Google. Third-party server-based searching would enhance the network, providing speed and caching, and reducing the network load. But I would want to design the network so that it ''could'' function completely independently of any third-party server.''

''As for persons who are sensitive about privacy, they can hide within a community. The community can create a profile which gains a reputation on the trust network based on how well they internally vouch for their own members.''