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What to do with !retropirates? in c/piracy

[–] ScratchySoft 2 points 2 months ago

Good question... Maybe, though I don't know much about old music or movies.

What to do with !retropirates? in c/piracy

[–] ScratchySoft 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Maybe? But I can't imagine that would be particularly healthy for the site for legal reasons. I'm thinking maybe trying to do a biweekly to monthly feed of recently dumped ROMs and related media would be nice? Though admittedly I'm not sure how well I'd be able to keep up with doing that.

Florida’s New Social Media Bill Says the Quiet Part Out Loud and Demands an Encryption Backdoor in c/privacy

[–] ScratchySoft 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a wonder why people don't just start taking their encryption into their own hands. It's easier than ever with PGP, so I've heard.

How do you go about finding specific items when it's prohibited to even ask? in c/piracy

[–] ScratchySoft 1 points 2 months ago

Convenience isn't necessarily the only problem with a given service. Maybe their favorite movie got the "50 remasters of Star Wars" treatment over the years and the latest one doesn't look or sound that good, or the company behind it has shitty business practices like using death squads against South American union workers or something.

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What to do with !retropirates? (self.piracy)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by ScratchySoft to c/piracy

7 comments fedilink

I was made a moderator of [email protected] a while back, but now I'm not sure what to do with it. Direct links to newly dumped titles would be a violation of rule 3 (only reason I left the Grimace's Birthday post up is because the game was free in the first place so who cares). [email protected] exists, and it itself is already niche but more popular than [email protected]...

I'm not sure what to do with it that couldn't already be done in !piracy or [email protected]... Do y'all think there's a good place for it on here? What would be a good way to differentiate it from [email protected] and [email protected]?

The Decentralized Retro Content Project (DRCP) in c/roms

[–] ScratchySoft 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So is this just going to be an I2P-based torrent tracker for ROMs?

The Decentralized Retro Content Project (DRCP) in c/roms

Bundle of communities for emulation and gaming in c/comm_revival

[–] ScratchySoft 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I see... Is there already a retro gaming community on dbzer0? If not, maybe I could try reorienting the sub to be a more general retro gaming community? But that still doesn't solve the problem of tying it into the subject matter of the rest of the site without posting links discouraged under the site's policies (though I'm not sure how well-enforced that is)... Maybe discussing emulators and advancements in them as well as... Maybe information on new dumps bimonthly or something? Perhaps another issue is the fact that [email protected], already fairly niche on this site, is still the de facto retro piracy sub on here judging by how popular it is compared to [email protected].

Tribler - Is it any good? If not, is there anything as private as Tor for torrents? in c/piracy

[–] ScratchySoft 1 points 2 months ago

Because I'd rather not get spyware.

Tribler - Is it any good? If not, is there anything as private as Tor for torrents? in c/piracy

[–] ScratchySoft 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tribler is not Tor, and I know Tor doesn't work. That's why I asked if there's anything like Tor rather than just doing the stupid thing of using Tor immediately. I'll look into I2P.

Tribler - Is it any good? If not, is there anything as private as Tor for torrents? in c/piracy

[–] ScratchySoft 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I live in the US, so it is illegal here though not always enforced much, but a lot of trackers also encourage seeding for obvious reasons and it seems like poor form not to.

Tribler - Is it any good? If not, is there anything as private as Tor for torrents? in c/piracy

[–] ScratchySoft 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sadly I am not in any private trackers. And while I know VPNs like ProtonVPN are fairly reliable, I'm hesitant to place much trust in them, nor do I have... Any income right now (things are a mess)...

Tribler - Is it any good? If not, is there anything as private as Tor for torrents? in c/piracy

[–] ScratchySoft 2 points 2 months ago

switched from a client application to a web interface

uuuuuuugh, good to know

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Tribler - Is it any good? If not, is there anything as private as Tor for torrents? (self.piracy)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by ScratchySoft to c/piracy

26 comments fedilink

I am not in a place where I can afford a VPN (do not start suggesting cheap VPNs to me istg), and in addition, you have to place a lot of trust in the VPN. Tribler seems promising, except... For the giant disclaimer that's been on the site for years. That worries me. I am quite worried about getting scary letters from my ISP or something when torrenting.

Do not put yourself in danger. Our anonymity is not yet mature.

Tribler does not protect you against spooks and government agencies. We are a torrent client and aim to protect you against lawyer-based attacks and censorship. With help from many volunteers we are continuously evolving and improving.

Edit: Seems like there are a lot of issues below the surface as well... https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/19118584/10120234

And Lokinet, I2P, and GNUnet have their own massive problems... https://comment.ctrl.blog/discussion/tribler-onion-routed-bittorrent

ngl, kinda depressing that it's like this...

Edit 2: I misread the article a bit, it's not quite as dire as I thought it was initially, but the warning and the fact that only the core file-transferring features are anonymized at all... Is a bit disconcerting.

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[Parent + Clone Set] Grimace's Birthday (self.retropirates)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ScratchySoft to c/retropirates

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All versions of Grimace's Birthday for the Game Boy Color up to v1.6. Torrentzipped for your convenience.

Download: https://www.nextgenroms.com/topic/20239-parent-clone-set-grimaces-birthday