Is something happening to TPB? (lemmy.today)

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[-] Carmakazi@piefed.social 89 points 3 months ago

To answer your question directly: No idea.

Of tangential importance to your question: Apparently TPB has been considered untrustworthy for a number of years, probably since it "returned" after the original crew behind it did a stint in Swedish prison. Infected torrents have been found there and the "skull" ratings mean very little.

[-] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 29 points 3 months ago

I admittedly dont do a ton of sailing, but yeah I feel like avoiding TPB has been recommended for at least a decade now

[-] redsand@infosec.pub 15 points 3 months ago

1337x, torrentgalaxy, nyaa(anime), rutracker(music) and btdig(everything) should cover all your needs.

[-] Sentry64 2 points 3 months ago

didn't torrentgalaxy die due to lack of funding?

[-] redsand@infosec.pub 3 points 3 months ago

Torrentgalaxy.one seems functional

[-] Sentry64 3 points 2 months ago

Huh, i thought it died because last time i tried accessing it. It was completely nonexistent (for some reason) and after, what? a few months or so? it disappeared from FMHY.

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 11 points 3 months ago

Infected torrents have been found there

*laughs in Linux*

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Oh that’s adorable, you think you are untouchable. Please look into the XZ incident and get back to us.

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, yeah. Only mostly untouchable.

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

The point is Linux lets you do things, even stupid things. It cuts both ways. The average user isn’t more secure there, the attacks are just different.

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago

But 99% of the problems can be avoided if you just don't do stupid things.

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Translation: Linux is secure if you don’t let stupid people use it.

[-] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago

Has any pirate site ever been trustworthy? And if you run pirated software, you get what you get. Roll the dice or wait for a Steam sale.

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 3 months ago

Has any pirate site ever been trustworthy?

Yes. Next question.

[-] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

Haha ok psyop

[-] abies_exarchia@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 3 months ago

I mean its a spectrum and many private trackers are much further down the trust side than the pirate bay

[-] Anarki_ 1 points 2 months ago

Wrong house, fool.

[-] dan@upvote.au 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

wait for a Steam sale.

Not sure why someone in this community would suggest Steam over GOG. Every game on GOG is DRM-free, so you own it forever and the installer will keep working even if GOG goes away.

Games on Steam are a license they can revoke at any time. You don't actually own the game. Some games are DRM-free, but there's no way to get a standalone installer for them.

Some people pirate or crack games they legally own, just so they have more flexibility and aren't treated like a criminal by DRM systems. You don't need to worry about that with GOG.

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