▲ 1280 ▼ Oh no! I dropped (5£ to) Anna's Archives. Beware the mess, people. (mander.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MBM@lemmings.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) The url also sets off so many alarm bells for me. Lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kautau@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Yeah lol the URL doesn't match the page title which doesn't match whatever wosonhj.com is. According to their DNS, some Chinese organization. It links to a fake version of libgen populated with ads (And sadly instead of re-hosting all 550+ TB of libgen for downloads they force the downloads through libgen's servers while throwing ads on top of their fake UI) It links to a fake version of sci hub populated with ads (Most of these all flowing into mobang.top, another throwaway url with Chinese DNS) I'm sure it's a helpful site, but I'd recommend people accessing it: Don't use your actual personal email Don't reuse a password you've used elsewhere Access it through a VPN so your IP isn't exposed Ensure you are running malware protection (the built in malware protection on windows or mac is likely fine) (and otherwise yes, I know you use arch, and if you use nix you're too busy modifying one of your .nix files to even read this) Anything you download, upload to https://www.virustotal.com just to be safe Realistically you should follow steps 1-5 for most online services, but here we are permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] fossilesque@mander.xyz [S] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kautau@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It makes sense to use throwaway urls, libgen does it all the time, I just wanted to inform people of what I found when looking at the site. Definitely not saying don't use it, just be cautious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] fossilesque@mander.xyz [S] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Yeah lol the URL doesn't match the page title which doesn't match whatever wosonhj.com is. According to their DNS, some Chinese organization. It links to a fake version of libgen populated with ads (And sadly instead of re-hosting all 550+ TB of libgen for downloads they force the downloads through libgen's servers while throwing ads on top of their fake UI) It links to a fake version of sci hub populated with ads (Most of these all flowing into mobang.top, another throwaway url with Chinese DNS) I'm sure it's a helpful site, but I'd recommend people accessing it: Don't use your actual personal email Don't reuse a password you've used elsewhere Access it through a VPN so your IP isn't exposed Ensure you are running malware protection (the built in malware protection on windows or mac is likely fine) (and otherwise yes, I know you use arch, and if you use nix you're too busy modifying one of your .nix files to even read this) Anything you download, upload to https://www.virustotal.com just to be safe Realistically you should follow steps 1-5 for most online services, but here we are permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] fossilesque@mander.xyz [S] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kautau@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It makes sense to use throwaway urls, libgen does it all the time, I just wanted to inform people of what I found when looking at the site. Definitely not saying don't use it, just be cautious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] fossilesque@mander.xyz [S] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] fossilesque@mander.xyz [S] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kautau@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It makes sense to use throwaway urls, libgen does it all the time, I just wanted to inform people of what I found when looking at the site. Definitely not saying don't use it, just be cautious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] fossilesque@mander.xyz [S] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It makes sense to use throwaway urls, libgen does it all the time, I just wanted to inform people of what I found when looking at the site. Definitely not saying don't use it, just be cautious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] fossilesque@mander.xyz [S] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] fossilesque@mander.xyz [S] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent