Today it’s harder, not more dangerous.
But also everything is darker.
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umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
the high seas hace grown more treacherous, but you still can.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 days ago
modus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
In what way?
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
many governments will snitch on you if they find you doing it. some countries need a vpn to hide yourself now.
modus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The government will snitch on you to who? A foreign government?
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
usually to the copyright holders so they can sue you. or they cut your internet access.
ilega_dh@feddit.nl 4 days ago
More treacherous than LimeWire was? I think the fuck not, that boi was filled with Justin_Bieber_Baby.mp3.exe’s
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
That stuff is so easy to deal with, 1 its fucking obvious its a .exe and second you can just run it in a VM. What, is your PC going to struggle running a VM that only has to run audio or video?
despicable@lemmy.today 4 days ago
It’s considerably easier to deal with these days so the seas are less treacherous. Even Windows’ default antivirus will catch most of those too.