Editing Plausible deniability (section)

===Use in computer networks===
In computer networks, plausible deniability often refers to a situation in which people can deny transmitting a file, even when it is proven to come from their computer.

That is sometimes done by setting the computer to relay certain types of broadcasts automatically in such a way that the original transmitter of a file is indistinguishable from those who are merely relaying it. In that way, those who first transmitted the file can claim that their computer had merely relayed it from elsewhere. This principle is used in the [[opentracker]] [[bittorrent]] implementation by including random IP addresses in peer lists.

In encrypted messaging protocols, such as [[bitmessage]], every user on the network keeps a copy of every message, but is only able to decrypt their own and that can only be done by trying to decrypt every single message. Using this approach it is impossible to determine who sent a message to whom without being able to decrypt it. As everyone receives everything and the outcome of the decryption process is kept private.

It can also be done by a [[VPN]] if the host is not known.{{dubious|date=March 2018}}

In any case, that claim cannot be disproven without a complete decrypted log of all network connections.

====Freenet file sharing====
The [[Freenet]] [[file sharing]] network is another application of the idea by obfuscating data sources and flows to protect operators and users of the network by preventing them and, by extension, observers such as [[censorship|censors]] from knowing where data comes from and where it is stored.