brainw0rms [they/them]

Even then, that setting doesn’t unhide the “.lnk” file extension, that requires a registry edit: https://www.askvg.com/tip-how-to-show-file-extensions-of-shortcuts-lnk-url-pif-in-windows-explorer/

Although shortcuts are pretty easy to spot in the first place unless you just double-click things without paying attention lol

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Some crimes are unforgivable.

firefox always and forever, anything else is almost nearly certain to be a honeypot.

clearly, freedom and easy access to information has nothing to do with the issue at hand, which is enforcement of copyright law.

so long as they don’t plan on violating russian or chinese (or whatever country’s) copyrights (and other applicable laws), why should those countries care at all? archive.org is hosting material copyrighted in a country where said copyright can be enforced (the US). it’s really that simple. while china or russia may not be the most suitable option (I imagine they also host plenty of content that those countries would find to be inflammatory or illegal but not for copyright reasons), they’d be an improvement overall.

What does this have to do with piracy

At the risk of sounding contrarian/lame, you should probably not be doing any of this especially if you don’t own the hardware you’re using (as mentioned by another commenter).

You don’t specify if this is university or middle/high school, but either way you are not entitled to and should not expect any privacy on a network you don’t control. Even if you are able to set up a VPN to mask your internet activity, your school’s network administrators almost certainly can tell that you are using a VPN, which itself sounds like it would be a violation of your school’s network policy and will most likely land you in trouble. Indeed, your repeated attempts to access blocked sites have likely already raised some flags.

Even the workarounds that others here have mentioned (like routing VPN traffic over port 443) are inadequate for a network that is being actively monitored. Believe me, it is very easy to tell when someone is connecting to a VPN this way.

I would quit while you’re ahead until you can afford your own hardware/internet connection, and then maybe worry about any notion of privacy. Use your school’s internet for what it was intended.

Bespoke: Involve random people on the internet in whatever weird exhibitionist fetish this is supposed to be

For what it’s worth, I tend to agree with you. It’s definitely about the propaganda value and the perceived “moral high ground”, but the real question is how much are those things actually worth in the current state of the conflict. At least in my view, sadly very little.

over 40,000 palestinians are killed in revenge for october 7th

1 israeli hostage is killed by their guard in revenge for the murder of his children

We will have to agree to disagree, I think.

You seem to be under the false assumption that the Israeli government actually cares about bringing any of the hostages home safely, when it’s pretty obvious they don’t. Their actions have shown this very clearly. The hostages can’t be useful leverage if Israel doesn’t give a shit about them in the first place.

Given that Israel’s current governmental coalition is predicated on the continuation of the war, along with Bibi’s own impending legal peril once he is forced out of his position, why would you think they would ever agree to any kind of deal? It’s pretty obvious to anyone paying attention that all these elusive “ceasefire negotiations” Israel has “participated” in, have been in bad faith the entire time. They literally assassinated Hamas’ own lead negotiator! It’s merely a carrot they can wave around to convince the western audience to keep supporting them, “See? A ceasefire deal is just around the corner so keep those weapons and money flowing!”

This so called “division and turmoil” caused by the demonstrations sounds great and all, but it’s ultimately inconsequential and amounts to less than nothing unless they plan on putting an end to the current regime.

Were there no hostages Israel would never agree to a ceasefire. They would claim they need to eradicate Hamas no matter the cost.

So… you mean like how things are already? That’s the exact point I’m making, lmao.

The massive demonstrations for a ceasefire inside of Israel are to get the hostages out. Not because they care for Palestinians.

No shit. But what good is a “ceasefire” if it doesn’t actually end the war? Hamas has no incentive to agree to hand over hostages if Israel is just going to resume bombing the shit out of Gaza as soon as they’ve been released, which is what most of the demonstrators actually want.

I’ll be honest, at this point it’s no longer clear what purpose the hostages are serving anyway. The Israeli government is not negotiating for their return in good faith, and they haven’t deterred the wholesale glassing of the Gaza strip. There is seemingly no legitimate interest in getting the hostages back alive. Even if you consider the token Israeli “protests” being organized, most of those people aren’t actually demanding an end to the war. It’s fairly obvious the hostages are no longer serving as useful bargaining chips (if they ever were). I can’t say I really blame this guy.

In fact, one may even argue this was an act of mercy compared to the alternative of being indefinitely held prisoner in presumably pretty poor conditions, just waiting to be murdered by the IDF.

“Hey sister I’m going out for a bit will be back by 11”

“Ok”

Like no offense, but you should probably figure out how to communicate with your family before you attempt dating lol

It was a hidden, opt-out feature.

it’s literally in the privacy & security section of firefox’s settings with its own heading. how is that “hidden”?

average firefox user: screeching on the internet for weeks about some minor new feature or change

me: unticks a box and moves on with my life