For example, there’s no easy way of bypassing ads on YouTube mobile. But a lot of them don’t actually say the product name. Refusing to look at it is my one, small, micro resistance.

      • post_trains [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Growing up my dad rented movies from Netflix mail service and made copies.

        I thought I was the only person who did this. I would rip h264 copies with Handbrake.

    • CyberPoliceUnit1312 [he/him,any]
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      4 years ago

      Piracy guide for fellow cumrades:

      https://github.com/Igglybuff/awesome-piracy

      Don't forget your VPN (you should have it anyway if you browse here)

      We should get a bot that distributes piracy tutorials whenever piracy is mentioned (or a have sidebar info)

        • git [he/him, comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          There's no such thing, really. You either pay with your money and trust that they really don't store logs (and hopefully verify this independently), or get a free at point of use service knowing that your activity is logged and either directly sold or has access to it sold (a subtle difference that marketers dodge).

          As far as I know, mullvad doesn't require any personal info. You can send money in an envelope with your payment token ID and they'll keep your account open if you really want to.

          On the other hand, intelligence agencies have traffic mirrors at all major ingress points so even all encrypted traffic is logged to help establish usage patterns or to eventually decrypt as older ciphers are broken. The VPN you choose ultimately depends on your threat model. I personally use IVPN, but that might not be the right VPN for you.

          • KurdKobein [any]
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            4 years ago

            What about Tor? It's slow and as far as I know not super secure, but will it get your data sold?

              • KurdKobein [any]
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                4 years ago

                Yeah, it's not. That's the "slow" part, I guess.

                • danksobotka [they/them]
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                  4 years ago

                  It’s actually gotten a whole lot faster over the years (but it’s still not blazing fast), I remember it used to take easily at least 45 seconds to load a page back in like 2010 but now it’s pretty dang usable for forums and the like, pages load quick enough to not be annoying.

        • CyberPoliceUnit1312 [he/him,any]
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          4 years ago

          Usually when a VPN is free your data gets sold somewhere. And the trick part is also getting an unbiased and reliable recommendation. The guide I posted earlier touches on this topic. Best is to visit the one big privacy site and check their table to choose something that works for you

      • danksobotka [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Love when artists/albums are available on Bandcamp because they have DRM-free downloads that include lossless files and also frequently forgo their cut and donate it.