Just do what we do in Canada. Send them threatening letters. It scares 90% of parents into telling their kids to knock that shit off, but they're toothless and can't actually do anything, and the remaining 10% still pirate away. Everyone's happy.
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025
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4G piracy hub go brrrrr? Go ahead, disconnect me. I will get another SIM and resume piracy.
Several countries require proof of ID to purchase a SIM card.
Ah yes I keep forgetting about all of those countries that the US Supreme Court has jurisdiction over
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Always make sure that QBT uses your VPN's network interface. I got some DMCA emails despite split-tunneling a VPN recently, and I realized it was bound to all interfaces by default - that's no good.
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See you guys in I2P :)
What about legitimate torrented content? Are they going to outlaw the technology outright? Don't plenty of legitimate downloads use torrents to speed up software updates and such?
Yes. I share like 100+ Linux distros via torrents.
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low key hope this happens.
it's gonna be fuckin funny to watch all IT in the US grind to a halt because everyone who WFH can't work because their internet was cut off.
then a week into mandatory office returns someone will get the whole datacenter cut off because they're running torrents from their laptop.
dumb fucks are going after the worst people to fuck with.
- fieldworkers
- women
- gamers
- IT support
don't fuck with IT. they know what filthy shit you watch from home.
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We are going to end up with a super private and encrypted Internet because of it.
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Like 20 years ago the RAVE Act said venues can be charged if anyone is in possession of illegal drugs inside of them during an event. Similar in some ways
Guess it's time to go underground, sigh.