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It feels so futuristic (startrek.website)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

With a VPN you can torrent shows/movies as soon as they're out on streaming. How is it not a silver bullet?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Even with a VPN, finding out where stuff is streamed is difficult.

    VPN is a security measure. It doesn't tell help me navigate the millions of fake oppenhammer uploads

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    It's not hard at all to find legit torrents. I don't even know where you'd find millions of fake ones.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Google. Google strikes down all the legitimate torrents from their search so you're left with all the virus cesspits. I usually stumble into a few before finding a legitimate one

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You're doing it wrong. There's plenty of resources on how to torrent safely. Start there to find reputable trackers. Don't just download random shit off google.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Cool, where? Like seriously to the average normie we don't even know where to BEGIN looking.

    To get back to the earlier point, this is why VPNs are not a silver bullet to figuring out all the hurdles on to how to pirate

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    The piracy community is one of the biggest ones on lemmy. They have a wiki pinned as the first post when you go there. It's pretty hard to miss that community if you're on here for any amount of time. Reddit also had the same thing. That's not particularly far beyond places "normies" frequent.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    And yet it's the first time that it crossed my mind. Trust me, tech illiterates such as me struggle more with these things that you might believe.

    Also thank you, you don't know how much of a help you are giving me pointers. I know it might seem obvious on your end, but it really isn't if you aren't as internet savvy.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Bruh - a key reason why you are tech illiterate is simply because you're telling yourself you are. There are only two skills needed to become tech literate: (1) the ability to read, which you seem to have; and (2) the ability to accept that you don't know something, while remaining persistent with asking questions. Though it may be true of the present moment, consistently telling yourself you are tech illiterate and not Internet savvy is reinforcing those beliefs and hindering the ability described in (2).

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