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Is this true about Generation gap in Piracy? (feddit.nl)

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[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 45 points 2 months ago

I can't even tell you what us Gen Xers did because I am not sure if the statutes of limitations have run.

Vaguely, it involved ftp and file repositories hosted unwittingly by large companies plus restricted IRC channels to discuss the locations of such places.

[-] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 17 points 2 months ago

I remember installing a keylogger on the school library computers, then "accidentally" disconnecting the dialup internet and asking the teacher to type the login credentials again. I bet the ISP was confused when they saw so many concurrent logins after hours, all playing Quake and downloading huge files.

[-] WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

> restricted

More like walking into fansub channels and doing !get and walking away with DC++ info

[-] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 9 points 2 months ago

I miss my college days, Terabytes upon terabytes of "Linux ISOs" accessible via the blazing fast internal university network. And the IRC channel, where I learned what trolling was, but never learned to not feed the trolls.