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I am in Germany and want to know what practices to use when pirating. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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So me and my brother have been torrenting some games and such and we have not gotten a letter yet. So any precautions to use

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (9 children)

I personally ditched torrenting completly. Haven't touched a torrent in literal years.

Usenet is the way for me. Still using via Mullvad nonetheless.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What are the advantages of usenet when it comes to your security? Given that you're using VPN anyway. But with usenet you also need to find a way to pay anonymously for it, otherwise what's the point?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The point is that you can download stuff without uploading it at the same time.

I don't have to share copyrighted material in order to download it. That's the big advantage.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

To add to that: The “sharing” part is what’s prohibited in German law. (Remember: when torrenting you also upload chunks of the data to others.) The pure download is kind of a grey area and won’t be prosecuted.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Exactly - should've mentioned that.

That's why i feel much more safe using Usenet. Also, the fractured nature of usenet makes it more resilient to prosecutors to actually pinpoint anything.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (4 children)

@RandomLegend @therantechguy how can I try usenet?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You can come over to https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/usenet_invites and post a [W] for any indexer (popular ones are DrunkenSlug)

Otherwise if you want content in german language you can look up houseofusenet and see if you can register there.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

It costs money.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Reputable VPN.

Strong anti-virus/anti-malware.

Common-sense when running cracks/keygens (are keygens still a thing?)

edit: a good backup plan, in case thongs go awry (yes, I see it. Yes, I'm leaving it.)

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