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It took you over three days to come up with “baiting twat”? Or, were you waiting for permission from someone before using the word “twat”?

And before you type up yet another stupid comment (like, “I haven’t been on here in days”), you do realize that we can see your post history and that you’ve been on here commenting every single day since, right? Or, maybe you’ll say that you’re just as good at noticing and utilizing the Reply option under each comment as you are at noticing that you have a notification that someone replied to a comment you made.

Whatever your malfunction is, I’m sad that I’ve hurt your feelings and made you use the word twat.

Talk about obtuse, you were replying to the wrong part of the thread. That’s what caused the confusion. Why didn’t you reply to my comment that caused you so much heartache? Instead, you replied to some other comment I made. There’s a reason why there is a Reply option under each comment.

Did you read what I wrote in the quote you included? I specifically said “when I originally replied,” or are you being deliberately obtuse?

Go touch grass. All I was saying is that I didn’t know what type of rip you had on your system to the person talking about cam rips, and let them know something better is available, and you may actually have that better rip. I didn’t know until later that you had a cam rip.

Why so sensitive? I was even still willing to help you find the better rip. Go grab a box of tissue and whine to someone else.

Yes, but I don’t know the rules on this sub (whatever a sub is called on here), and I don’t want to get banned. DM me and I’ll tell you.

Your comment reads to me like you thought I was criticizing or questioning you, or something else, which I was not. If that was my intention, I would have replied directly to you.

I was only trying to be clear to the person I commented to that I may or may not have the same info as you, but either way, the info I was sharing was directed to the person I replied to. I’ll reply to your other comment in a sec.

Edit: Your original comment (above the person I replied to) only says

“It’s already in my Plex library.”

So, now I’m confused when you replied to me with

“Notice I said “pretty sure,” I didn’t say there wasn’t anything better available. It was just my guess based on the fact it’s still in theaters.”

I don’t or didn’t see where you said anything other than “It’s already in my Plex library.” Or, maybe you meant to reply to someone else?

Edit2: And just to be clear, I’m not the person down-voting you. This is just a misunderstanding. I was only trying to help the person I replied to.

Correct. There are English subs, but occasionally you’ll also see Russian. I typically use Usenet these days, and I occasionally search through qBit, but nothing was showing up and I’m not sure why. But, it is available on a popular DLing website.

There is a better version than a telesync available. Unfortunately, I was not able to find it on usenet (my first option these days), but another popular, well-known site has it for dl. I was not able to find it using the qBit search function.

I’m not sure what Confused_Emus may be referring to, but I can tell you that there is a better version than a telesync cam rip already available. Otherwise, I completely agree with you.

The VPN that Mozilla (Firefox) has sold for years was rebranded Mullvad. So, as long as they’re still partnering with Mullvad for this, I think logs are impossible, as Mullvad traffic all runs through RAM and that’s been tested and proven.

EDIT: I’ve since seen somewhere else that Mozilla may not be using Mullvad for this (just to be clear for anyone reading this later).

The VPN that Mozilla (Firefox) has sold for years was rebranded Mullvad. Assuming they’ll still use Mullvad for this, I wouldn’t worry.

EDIT: I’ve since seen somewhere else that Mozilla may not be using Mullvad for this (just to be clear for anyone reading this later).

Typically, yes. But, unless things have changed, the VPN that Mozilla (Firefox) previously offered was rebranded Mullvad. Assuming they’re going to use Mullvad for this offering as well, I don’t think that saying will apply here.

EDIT: I’ve since seen somewhere else that Mozilla may not be using Mullvad for this (just to be clear for anyone reading this later).

As someone else already said, it greatly depends on where you live, which you didn’t mention.

Some random third world country: They most likely could not care less. Even if they have anti-piracy laws, there is no one to try to catch you or enforce those laws. They don’t produce the overwhelming majority of the movies, TV shows or other files that are down/uploaded, so piracy doesn’t affect them.

The U.S.: Use a VPN whenever torrenting, like Mullvad, Proton, or IVPN - https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/. Use qBittorrent and make sure to BIND your VPN to qBit. Do not solely rely on a killswitch, they can fail. If you’re caught uploading files without a VPN, you’ll most likely just get a letter or email from your internet provider. Don’t respond. If you do respond (like if they shut off your internet until you contact them), you’re only answer should be is that you don’t know anything about it, and maybe your neighbor hacked your wifi or into the main line. However, you mentioned the landlord owns the router (so I assume that means the landlord also pays for your internet?), which means don’t be an idiot and put yourself in the position of trying to explain to your landlord (and your wife) why you were downloading / uploading some shitty music or porn. Use a VPN. I prefer Mullvad for anonymity, but Proton has some great Black Friday and holiday sales sometimes. There’s a little more to it than this, but this is the basics. Also, the majority of ISPs don’t care at all that you’re down/uploading files, until they are contacted by someone connected to the file you were uploading. Then, they are obligated to contact you. Eventually, if you keep doing it, your ISP will get tired of dealing with the letters in regards to you and may just cancel your account.

Germany, or somewhere similar: I’d suggest using Usenet. It’s a bit more complicated to setup, but it’s an overall better experience in my opinion. Get 2-3 good indexers and put their info into Prowlarr for searching, get a good provider and put their info into SabNZBD for downloading. Make sure the SSL connection is enabled in SabNZBD (which it already should be by default) and then you technically will not need a VPN, because whatever you’re downloading is automatically encrypted. Obviously, there is no uploading back to the hive while using Usenet. I’d still use a VPN though, so your ISP doesn’t even see what you’re searching for and what websites you’re going to. If interested, Radarr and Lidarr can track movies and TV shows for you. The three apps I mentioned that end with “arr” are part of a group of apps known as the “arrs”. https://wiki.servarr.com/

If you’re going to be giving out advice, you should at least know that Mozilla VPN is rebranded Mullvad VPN. So most of the information on your chart should be exactly the same for both.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/products/vpn/features/

Scroll down to “Convenient,” then “More than 500 servers in 30+ countries,” and click on the link “See our list of servers,” which takes you to the Mullvad website server list here:

https://mullvad.net/en/servers

Unless something has changed, the VPN that Malwarebytes sells is also rebranded Mullvad.

In my opinion, if you’re going to include a VPN like PIA, you should also include who owns them (Kape Technologies - owner of multiple VPNs), and instruct people to do an internet search for “Kape Technologies malware.” I’m not saying don’t get PIA, but people should be able to at least make an informed decision:

“Kape Technologies, originally known as Crossrider, has a history of distributing malware through its ad injection platform before rebranding and focusing on VPN services. While it has since shifted its business model, concerns about its past and corporate practices remain prevalent in discussions about its VPN offerings.”

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/detections/adware-crossrider

Adware.CrossRider

Adware.CrossRider is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a large family of adware targeting both Windows and macOS systems. CrossRider offers a highly configurable method for its clients to monetize their software.

Source and type of infection

Adware.CrossRider is usually installed by bundlers. Programs offering some kind of functionality are combined with the adware component.

Additional reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Sagi#Kape_Technologies

Likewise, inform people to search for “Nord data breach,” so people can again make an informed decision. It wasn’t the fact that there was a data breach, but how it was handled that some had a problem with:

“Evidence indicates the attack most likely happened some time between January 31st, 2018, when the server came online, and March 5th, 2018. The attack was made via a compromised data center account, not an account managed by NordVPN. The data center deleted this account on March 20th, 2018, blocking any further access to the server. NordVPN claims not to have been notified about the breach until April 13th, 2019, more than a year after it happened. It took down the server the same day, and began an immediate audit of its 5,000 servers. The company wouldn’t go public until evidence of the hack emerged some six months later. Why? The blog post stated: ‘thoroughly reviewing the providers and configurations for over 5,000 servers around the world takes time. As a result, we decided we should not notify the public until we could be sure that such an attack could not be replicated anywhere else on our infrastructure.’”

Again, not saying there is a problem with PIA and Nord, just that people should know about these things before making a decision.

This is for only one item:

Anker has issued a recall for its PowerCore 10000 power bank (model A1263) due to a “potential issue with the lithium-ion battery” that could pose a fire safety risk. The company has received 19 reports of fires and explosions

The recall covers about 1,158,000 units that were sold online through Amazon, Newegg, and eBay between June 2016 and December 2022. The affected batteries can be identified by the Anker logo engraved on the side with the model number A1263 printed on the bottom edge. However, Anker is only recalling units sold in the US with qualifying serial numbers.

You may be interested in this video by Gamers Nexus from about 10 months ago:

“Google is Getting Worse,” ft. Wendell of Level1 Techs

https://youtu.be/-vMKm44ypFY

Basically, Google has made their search engine results purposefully worse, so that users need to keep scrolling to find the correct search results, while they feed more ads to users.

What’s the name of the program I’m looking for?

I don’t think I’ve had their VPN installed (I use FF, Librewolf and Mullvad 99.99% of the time), but I do have Brave installed as a 4th option and have only used it a few times, so I’d like to make sure their VPN wasn’t installed at some point.

In Services, I only see three Brave entries. Two are for keeping it up to date, and the other provides elevated privileges.

Thanks