Got reminded of this while reading about ProtonMail. The reason I haven't gotten into proper #piracy is that I don't have a VPN for torrenting, and the reason I don't have a VPN is that I don't #torrent. So it would be nice if I got a good VPN while #degoogling myself.

Will ProtonVPN rat me out to Comcast? I know some VPNs don't hide what you're downloading from your ISP, for reasons I don't fully understand.

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[–] solitude@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I never claimed to have experience with Usenet.

Again, I can't connect the dots for you. You're combining and confusing two separate issues.

Is this not a recommendation? It’s from the same comment you mentioned SABnzbd.

You previously said: "The whole reason you get a VPN for piracy is to stop you’re ISP from seeing what you are doing."

The following was my recommendation: "If you were to decide to try Usenet, you install a program called SABnzbd (kind of like qBit, it downloads the files - no uploading, downloading only). It has an SSL connection enabled (Secure Sockets Layer, encryption-based internet security protocol)."

The topic was keeping your ISP from seeing what you're doing. So, no, Prowlarr was not a recommendation. Prowlarr doesn't have an SSL connection. The reference to Prowlarr was an explanation that: "they may be able to see that you’re searching you’re indexers (on a program called Prowlarr - searching for a file to DL), but you’re ISP can’t see what you’re downloading on SABnzbd. I still use Mullvad, so I know they can’t see anything I’m doing in regards to searching or DL."

Is any of this getting through to you?

The thing about being sesitive is probably true.

That's progress.

I generally don’t like it when people try to lecture to me about something (piracy) I have been doing for way longer than them.

First, as I already explained, it wasn't a lecture, I was genuinely trying to help, as I have in another portion of this thread. Last, as I already stated, no. You're delusional.

Honestly the fact you have to use ad hominem like this and then block someone isn’t good.

How am I reading and replying to someone who is blocked? Confusion, fragile psyche, and extreme sensitivity explains the basis for your attempt at reasoning while trying to make your comments appear logical. And you admitted a portion of what I said is true, and it's affecting how you're interpreting and replying to comments from other people.

I do not intend this to be offensive, but I'm not sure how else to explain how I feel about this conversation. Again, no offense, but it's becoming clear to me that English is not your native language, wherever you're from. You do well, but you're clearly not fully grasping what is being explained to you by myself and other/s. Maybe that's an ESL issue, or maybe there is something else going on with you (enjoying arguing too much, confusion, fragile psyche, extreme sensitivity, etc.). I don't see the point in continuing the conversation with you, as it seems you just want to make up whatever nonsense you can so that you can have the last word. So, go ahead, have the last word. I won't reply.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's obvious I have upset you.

The point I have been trying to make this whole time is that Usenet doesn't replace a VPN. Usenet allows you to download things securely as you keep repeating (I already knew this and haven't even used the thing). To download from Usenet you still have to find the thing on an indexer site just like you would with a torrent, and to do this securely you need a VPN. You can't even access many torrent indexer sites in my country (UK) and probably in your country as well (US or Canada?) without a proxy or VPN anyway, and I am guessing the same applies to Usenet indexers.

Most of these indexer sites use SSL or TLS (through HTTPS) but that doesn't mean they can't block them or see that you are accessing them.

The fact you admitted in your first comment even and keep reiterating that you still use and need a VPN just proves my point. Like you have said everything I have said. You just don't want to admit it.

As for my native language: I am from England.

You're jumping to conclusions because you can't deal with someone else's preferences being different from yours.

Also this was an alt account. So I could still reply even if you blocked me. So your whole argument about me being able to respond and therefore not blocked is just another mistake or deliberate misdirection from you.