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This is something I’ve thought about too. I have some rare items on old DVDs that should be preserved. I’d love to upload it to Archive.org, but I’m hesitant because I don’t know if personal identifiers get attached to the media.
If I use a program like MakeMKV to rip my DVD to a computer, how do I check the file if there’s any personal identifiers? I’m aware I can right click and pick “Remover Personal Information” or whatever in Windows, but is there anything else that would attach any hardware identifiers to it? I want to preserve some of these discs since they’re long out of print and the company that distributed it is no more and you can’t buy this anywhere. I just don’t want my uploads to be linked back to me.
You can use exiftool if you're on Linux to read the metadata to see if there's anything concerning:
$ exiftool /tmp/my_video.mp4
For the sharing part take a look at I2P
Demonoid allows uploads, they also happen to be open signup right now see the other community !opensignups@lemmy.ml
at TPB but that doesn’t seem to be a thing anymore.
See their forums, they have instructions on how to apply for an account there https://pirates-forum.org/Thread-New-TPB-accounts-available
There are a bunch of other public torrent indexers that you can try to apply for uploading but it doesn't always work out e.g. TorrentGalaxy, 1337x, GloTorrents, TorrentFunk, YourBitTorrent.
SolidTorrents / BitSearch does allow adding torrent hashes into their database without an account.
See the earlier posts, lots of discussion, I also have a list going in the last linked post that you are free to test and comment back on what worked for you :)
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/4968148
Demonoid, that is a name from my past. I thought that site imploded? Now I am curious if my login still works...
I thought that site imploded?
It was rebooted by some of the old staff.
https://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-staffers-launch-new-site-to-keep-the-legacy-alive-190724/
Now I am curious if my login still works…
It won't, all the old usernames/passwords were lost.
Maybe you could try ed2k/kad (emule/amule/mldonkey), soulseek or dc++ networks. Just drop the files in the sharing folders and seed. My preference is ed2k/kad.
It's crazy to me to see so many people recommending these. I remember thinking ed2k was old when Kazaa and Morpheus came out.
I was looking at this page and it brought so much nostalgia. The days of viruses, "proggys" in Yahoo chat (I missed the AOL train), being a young teenage script kiddy on the Internet... That was the best time of the Internet for me. You could do and say anything and never felt like there was a panopticon watching you to slip up at any time.
Soulseek
What is the benefit of this over archive.org (which also offers torrenting)?
It's not just torrenting. Every user chooses what files they share, and these would be visible in search (and ranked by an internet speed transfer estimate), which makes discoverability a whole lot easier. If you want to download it, a direct transfer is initiated between that user and you computer only. You can also browse all files that a user has shared and chat with them about problems and whatnot (there also are chat rooms). Plus, since it's not really torrenting apart from the concept, your download history isn't targeted by popular tools that check out your activity on public trackers.
Soulseek, retroshare.