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Winny

Winny (also known as WinNY) is a Japanese peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing program developed by Isamu Kaneko, a research assistant at the University of Tokyo in 2002. Like Freenet, a user must add an encrypted node list in order to connect to other nodes on the network. Users choose three cluster words which symbolize their interests, and then Winny…

Culture, Antinny & Arrests and court cases

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Developer
Isamu Kaneko (金子勇) 1971–2013
License
Closed source
Operating system
Microsoft Windows
Release
2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Type
Anonymous P2P
Written in
C++

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Antinny

Arrests and court cases

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Winny

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples53
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Winny

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related to Arrests and court cases · 24
Winny → Gunma Prefecture, He, High-tech Crime Taskforce, Japan, Japanese, June, Kaneko, Kyoto, Kyoto Police, Kyoto Prefectural Police, Matsuyama, On December, On May, On November, On October, Osaka High Court, September, Shortly, Supreme Court, Takasaki
related to External links · 9
Winny → Archived, Download, Japanese, Kaneko, May, Perfect Dark, Share, The Register, Wayback Machine
related to Further reading · 6
Winny → ASCII, ISBN, Japanese, Kaneko Isamu, The Technology, Winnyの技術
related to Antinny · 3
Winny → Antinny, Since August, Some
see also · 2
Winny → Anonymous P2PFile, JapanPerfect DarkShareWinMXWinny
Developer · 1
Winny → Isamu Kaneko (金子勇) 1971–2013
License · 1
Winny → Closed source
Operating system · 1
Winny → Microsoft Windows
Release · 1
Winny → 2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Type · 1
Winny → Anonymous P2P

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kaneko japanese share nodes users software also p2p network antinny copyright information file japan needed download court peer-to-peer freenet encrypted

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WinnyDeveloperIsamu Kaneko (金子勇) 1971–20131.00infobox
WinnyLicenseClosed source1.00infobox
WinnyOperating systemMicrosoft Windows1.00infobox
WinnyRelease2002; 24 years ago (2002)1.00infobox
WinnyTypeAnonymous P2P1.00infobox
WinnyWebsiteweb.archive.org/web/20030602161140/http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley/2949/1.00infobox
WinnyWritten inC++1.00infobox
the names of sex crime victimsinstance ofThis information included sensitive data0.80text
and is the largest amount of information held by Japanese police to have ever leaked onlineinstance ofThis information included sensitive data0.80text
Winnyrelated to AntinnySince August0.60section
Winnyrelated to AntinnyAntinny0.60section
Winnyrelated to AntinnySome0.60section

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