So I can avoid that place and doing those things.
morally reprehensible, you should never do the crime. Under any circumstances.
Depends on the crime tbh.
Murdering a landlord? Go right ahead.
Jaywalking? FUCKING NO, THAT'S DANGEROUS.
If you don't mind something free but legal, your local library probably has an overdrive/libby setup where you can borrow ebooks.
Did you mean z-lib.org/ ? It's hella easy to use and also doesn't seem to be from 20 years ago (the FAQs on the site you linked ask "Is zlib Y2K compliant?")
Just Google the book your want + VK. Vkontakte (Russian FB) has extremely active ebook uploading communities. You don't have to have a VK account
Honestly, regardless of what gets posted here, familiarize yourself with /r/trackers so that you'll never have to ask a question like this again.
soulseek. i've gotten pretty much all my theory books from it. and the p2p nature takes me back to my teens during the 00s.
soulseek
Dude that looks like Ares, it gives me shivers of disgust just to remember that shit. God was I unhappy in my childhood
Library genesis & calibre on your kindle or eReader. Use a VPN or TOR
For the health of the network or does that break anonimity?
Both. It shits up the network for everyone, but it also keeps you connected to the same set of nodes for a protracted period of time.
Got it. I've never downloaded anything more than a few MB, books tend to be pretty tiny. Thanks for the heads up tho, I really appreciate it. Haven't been reading up on digital opsec in awhile - been fairly complacent & uninvolved tbh.