How many of you use Usenet VS torrents (sopuli.xyz)

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Just wondering what a rough split is of people using either Usenet, torrents, or both?

I've only just discovered Usenet and while it is paid, it is very cheap and much more convenient than torrents.

Using torrents as well with the *arr suite set up for my various Linux ISOs.

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[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 months ago

I have wondered this as well. Seems like it is pretty linked.

Tbf, Usenet and indexers are strictly speaking, legal.

[-] viking@infosec.pub 6 points 6 months ago

Right, but whatever I'm doing on there really isn't.

As a matter of fact my current jurisdiction doesn't even pursue copyright infringements, but I still don't want to be linked to anything commonly seen as shady.

[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

Fair enough, I was under the impression that if you are using SSL, all an ISP or VPN provider could see is that you are connected to whichever backbone provider you were connected to. I.e. The content of what you are downloading is encrypted.

You could be downloading stuff that is not illegal, and I don't think that is necessarily knowable by anyone except yourself.

I may be way off here, I'm not an IT person, but that was my understanding of SSL.

[-] BitsOfBeard@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago

I'd say as a general rule any encryption can be cracked, but usually it is not worth the time and effort to do so.

[-] Count042@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

This is incorrect. What you'd are doing while purely downloading is legal.

Bit torrent exposes you to liability not because you are downloading but because you're sharing which courts have decided is distributing/performing, no matter how small the block you upload.

This is not an issue with Usenet.