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Man even in the 90's nobody was scared of having their IP address known because there's not a helluva lot you can do with one anyway, and the average regular person is using a dynamic one that resolves to a local CO and not usually their actual home address.
It was quite normal to scare the normies by having a forum signature that displayed the IP address of the machine loading the page because something that basic was enough to make them think you were a hacking wizard.
Those who were especially paranoid, used proxies (maybe VPNs but I never even heard that term until NordVPN started advertising all over the place).
In the 90s everyone could find out your address by looking your name up in the white pages.
Americans became crazy after 9/11 and the patriot act.
Also, don’t use NordVPN. Worst VPN service by a long shot.
What? Now I can more easily find it in an online directory.
Just like having something to protect yourself if you go to a sketchy area, make sure you only visit Reddit from behind a VPN.
I don’t know if it was VPN or using uBo but the last time I tried viewing content on my Linux setup all I saw was the whoa there pardner page.
Pirates will always find a way. These companies are just wasting time and money.
Use something like Mullvad for everything so that ip adresses don't matter
Yup Mullvad FTW.
surely it costs more to fight this dogshit legal battle, both in money and PR, than to simply let enthusiasts watch your films. they're already handsomely profiting, why do these fucking pigheaded hogs think it is their right, it is their duty to wring out every cent they can? fuck off.
As Chairman Mao used to say: punish one, educate 100. Same mindset.
Because as lawyers, the longer the battles, the more money they make.
Man, how bad do movie industry execs have to be to make us root for Reddit
Nah, fuck both. I'm not going to cheer for the lesser evil in a crowd.
Loving the upvotes on this Lemmy World, let's make sure we apply it to political discussions as well!
May they attempt to sort their differences on an ill-designed submarine, and let nature take it's course!