Shkshkshk, to piracy

Is ProtonVPN worth it?

@piracy

Got reminded of this while reading about ProtonMail. The reason I haven't gotten into proper is that I don't have a VPN for torrenting, and the reason I don't have a VPN is that I don't . So it would be nice if I got a good VPN while myself.

Will ProtonVPN rat me out to Comcast? I know some VPNs don't hide what you're downloading from your ISP, for reasons I don't fully understand.

ByPass Paywall add-on in firefox is not working with paywalled sites. Alternatives?

As the title says. I am using the ByPass Paywall add-on and it used to work, but since some time it just doesn't. I've made sure the site I am trying to visit is listed in the list of sites, and I've also manually added it, but to no avail. Does anyone know any good alternatives to bypass paywalls, or some way of troubleshooting...

kobayashi90, to random

Searching for an reverse proxy provider that would ignore my plex traffic and personal homepage. Cloudflare works but is snooping around too much. #security #piracy #homepage #reverseproxy #cdn #private #question #helpwanted #frustration #networking

alexkidman, to random
@alexkidman@aus.social avatar

New opinion column: Netflix is cracking down on password sharing in Australia. Here's what you should do about that.

https://alexreviewstech.com/opinion-netflix-is-cracking-down-on-password-sharing-in-australia-heres-what-you-should-do/

davemark, to piracy
@davemark@mastodon.social avatar

Curious about your views on piracy:

  • OK to share your Netflix password with your family? Friend?
  • OK to use a VPN to watch a game that is blacked out in your area?
  • OK to use a VPN to bypass licenses, say, to watch content in another country?

Any and all thoughts...

bitprophet, to music
@bitprophet@social.coop avatar

lol, iTunes Store has definitely somehow gotten /worse/ for buying than it was, say, 5 years ago.

Also seems unlikely Amazon's section has improved (I remember it being pretty awful), plus I've mostly removed Amazon from my life already.

Wondering at what point I need to start figuring out where all the cool MP3 is happening nowadays. And hope enough other pirates share my tastes.

schizanon, to Youtube

The #enshittification of #youTube has begun.

The real battle begins now!

Who's got my #torrent powered #Peertube proxy for YT?

#video #webtorrent #piracy #bittorrent

jomo, (edited ) to tv
@jomo@mstdn.io avatar

Apparently all .tv domains registered through Sarek Oy (sarek.fi; or #Njalla, which uses them) are currently disabled by the .tv registry (turnon.tv / godaddy). No details are known and domain owners were not notified. This affects a few piracy sites, but also any other unrelated .tv domains, unfortunately including my jomo.tv domain. Piracy related .tv domains using a different registrar are not affected.

#tv #turnontv #godaddy #sarek #sarekfi #sarekoy #dns #serverhold #whois #piracy #nxdomain

paul, to plex
@paul@oldfriends.live avatar

Next month, Plex will block access and activity from Plex Media Servers from major hosting service, believed to be Hetzner.

Any Plex setup using their IP addresses, whether infringing or not, will be blocked access to their server setup.

#Plex alludes to its #mediaServer being used for #piracy reasons, TOS.

In the Plex forums, many users report that they use #Hetzner’s servers for non-infringing uses, including storing their legitimate personal media collections.

https://torrentfreak.com/plex-will-block-media-servers-at-prevalent-hosting-company-230915/

stefanhoeltgen, to piracy German
@stefanhoeltgen@mastodon.social avatar
bourgwick, to tv
@bourgwick@heads.social avatar

gently panicked article about modern archiving issues. mostly about & but applies to , too. short translation: all is endangered, keep up the . https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/digital-preservation-film-tv-shows-archives-1235851957/

Sampei, to instagramreality Italian
@Sampei@lanciano.it avatar

"È una fake news" dicevano. Ormai per qualsiasi verità scomoda, basta bollarla come , chi la diffonde come complottista, e tutto si risolve.

Con il "piracy shield platform" Italiano, nella migliore delle ipotesi stanno facendo una figura di merda a livello globale, nella peggiore stanno mettendo su un sistema che va oltre il grande firewall cinese.

Questa è l'email che ho ricevuto oggi da : un mio sito (niente di importante per fortuna) è caduto nel ban del piracy shield perché questi signori hanno bloccato un IP di cloudflare che ovviamente è condiviso da migliaia di siti legittimi e perfettamente legali.

Io mi chiedo come si possa bloccare indiscriminatamente un indirizzo IP senza neanche fare un whois, ma soprattutto come si possa dare un potere così grande ad un ticket aperto da qualche centralinista di sky o dazn, che non sa neanche di cosa sta parlando.

Non commento il presidente di agcom che ieri piangeva in parlamento che Google non gli vuole bloccare gli IP a livello di dns perché sarebbe un precedente mondiale... gne gne gne.

Italia paese delle banane!

Email da cloudflare per il privacy shield

AdamBishop, to ArtificialIntelligence
@AdamBishop@floss.social avatar

The robots.txt file I add to sites to warn off scraping by AI data-collecting bots, but allow searching indexing is getting longer and longer ... 😳

Can we do more than hope and pray it gets respected?

Legislation?

#consentFirst #robots #robotsTxt #ai #GDPR #consent #dataPrivacy #piracy #copyright

nigelharpur, to Spotify
@nigelharpur@musicians.today avatar

So... the 'Spotify For Artists' app...

Is that the one where you just get a video of some wealthy tailored suits laughing uncontrollably in your face, on endless loop, with no stop or exit app button?

#spotify #legal #piracy #PissTake

bourgwick, to television
@bourgwick@heads.social avatar

#NowReading - eleanor patterson's engaging new history of #radio & #television #preservation by fans, mostly non-music. fascinating close studies (that also capture the fun) of old time radio heads, buddy cop obsessives, australian trekkies, & regional wrestling VHS traders & their respective creative solutions to pre-WWW distribution challenges. an affirmation of #piracy's long, rich legacy & its vitality in the #streaming age. https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p087691 #books

Text about Australian VHS distribution
text comparing wrestling to soap operas

majorlinux, to piracy
@majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com avatar

Be careful where you plunder in these high seas!

Windows 10 pirate downloads hide money-stealing malware https://www.pcworld.com/article/1953498/beware-of-illegal-windows-10-downloads-hackers-spread-malware.html

#Windows10 #Piracy #Malware #Security #InfoSec #TechNews #Microsoft

teamtuck, to movies

Was reminded about the X-Men Animated Series from the 90s. Looked it up and they haven’t put these out on DVD or BR. May need to try and find it on the Interwebz because I couldn’t pay for it even if I wanted to; it’s not available. How are amazing shows like this getting preserved?

#movies #tvshows #piracy

dusnm, to piracy
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What a rabbit hole, integrating Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, Deluge and Jellyfin to completely automate the tracking, sorting, naming and searching of my entire media library.

If buying isn't owning, #piracy isn't stealing.

metin, to piracy
@metin@graphics.social avatar

From my 2000s ar(t)chive...

Illustration for the Dutch ComputerTotaal magazine, for an article about Stichting BREIN, translating to "BRAIN Foundation", a foundation funded by publishers to battle digital piracy.

I don't remember the exact scope of the article, but I guess the foundation threatened legal action to kids who copied CD-ROM games.

#piracy #games #RetroGaming #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #illustration #illustrator #art #artist #DigitalArt #3D #CreativeToots #FediArt #MastoArt

gerowen, to gaming
@gerowen@mastodon.social avatar

You know why people pirate stuff? Because even when you pay for it, you get hit with garbage like this. Was reading thru the EULA for the #MetalGear Master Collection bonus content on Steam, and this little paragraph jumped out at me.

Shit like this is the reason I built my own home server to keep backups of everything, including the installation files of all my Steam games. "No CD" or "No Steam" cracks are a thing, should worse come to worse.

#Gaming #PCGaming #Cloud #Piracy

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