There really should be more private trackers on I2P. Once you get over the slower speeds, there are a lot of benefits, like not really needing to port forward to be connectable (but you should to support the I2P network).
You probably aren't connectable from the outside. You need to port forward to support the network.
IPFS is kind of like the BitTorrent DHT. Every file is indexed by a cryptographic hash and can represent anything. There is no general way to search it, but you can build an index and search the index like how torrent search engines work.
You don't need a VPN if you use I2P!
Update: Downloading all archive.org metadata
Following up from my previous post.
I used the API at https://archive.org/developers/changes.html to enumerate all the item names in the archive. Currently there are over 256 million item names. However I went through a sample of them and noted the following:
- Many do not have the .torrent available because some of the files are locked due to copyright concerns, like their music collection. Ex: https://archive.org/details/lp_le-sonate-per-pianoforte-vol-1_carl-maria-von-weber-dino-ciani_0
- A lot of items have been removed from public access completely, and possibly deleted even on their storage backend. Ex: https://archive.org/details/0-5-1-0-hernan-hernandez
There are many, many items from the archive which have been removed. Much higher than I expected. If you have critical data, of course Internet Archive should never be your only backup.
I don't know the distribution of metadata and .torrent file sizes since i have not tried downloading them
The link to the above release post has the wrong caption for me. Its title says "Ambulance hits Oregon cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then sticks him with $1,800 bill, lawsuit says - Divisions by zero"
Downloading all archive.org metadata
I'd love to know if anyone's aware of a bulk metadata export feature or repository. I would like to have a copy of the metadata and .torrent files of all items.
I guess one way is to use the CLI but this relies on knowing which item you want and I don't know if there's a way to get a list of all items.
I believe downloading via BitTorrent and seeding back is a win-win: it bolsters the Archive's resilience while easing server strain. I'll be seeding the items I download.
Edit: If you want to enumerate all item names in the entire archive.org repository, take a look at https://archive.org/developers/changes.html. This will do that for you!
This was something I suggested for this instance, since there is even a guide for hosting an onion service: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/135234
Maybe /u/db0 will have more time after the spam settles down, but it seems he's got a lot on his plate at the moment between being an admin and doing AI stuff.
I often look for older or niche content, and even for that I still often have plenty of takers on public trackers. That my machine is port forwarded might have something to do with it. I'd say I have a "medium" amount of disk space and only stop seeding when I delete the files, but sometimes I limit the upload rate to keep some for other activities.
Have OSes evolved enough that encrypted DNS is available? If so, would someone with enough technical knowledge link a guide on how to set it up within a popular OS?
I imagine that even if you plug in one of the suggested DNS provider IP addresses into your network settings, the OS is still going to make plaintext requests that your ISP can snoop on unless you require it to be encrypted somehow.
Depending on the content, 10 or 20 comes quick
Note that H.264 and H.265 are the video compression standards and x264 and x265 are FOSS video encoding libraries developed by VideoLAN.
I agree, and with FOSS you have the opportunity to contribute back to the software. One time I was using commercial software and reached out to the company about how to decode a special file format for use in a script and the response was that it was "proprietary". If it was FOSS or even if they just had given me the information, I would have contributed to growing the ecosystem.
Software could have trojans. But why not music?
New account created today, yeah that's fishy.
Torrents use cryptographic hashes to verify the torrent content, so if he seeds it to you, then your torrent client will validate data he gives you. If the data doesn't verify or if he wants you to do anything else like clicking a link, avoid and report.
It's sometimes possible to find the same files on other download sites, but "retrieving dead torrents" in general isn't possible without having the same data.
Warez: Do you pirate software or just use FOSS?
In the past, most software I used was paid and proprietary and would have some sort of limitation that I would try to get around by any means possible. Sometimes that would be resetting the clock on my computer, disabling the internet, and other times downloading a patch.
But in the past few years I've stopped using those things and have focused only on free and open source software (FOSS) to fulfill my needs. I hardly have to worry about privacy problems or trying to lock down a program that calls home. I might be missing out on some things that commercial software delivers, but I'm hardly aware of what they are anymore. It seems like the trend is for commercial software providers to migrate toward online or service models that have the company doing all the computing. I'm opposed to that, since they can take away your service at any time.
What do you do?
This was data from pushshift before Reddit nuked it in March. You can find this torrent (called "Reddit comments/submissions 2005-06 to 2022-12") and others, including 2023-01 and 2023-02, on https://academictorrents.com by user Watchful1.
Thanks! For anyone curious, the links to academictorrents version of the Reddit archives are available on /r/datahoarder and probably their lemmy.ml instance too.
Note that Mozilla VPN uses Mullvad's network under the hood. Also, depending on your device you should be able to block connections that don't use the VPN. On Android, the "kill switch" can be found in the settings as described here: https://mullvad.net/en/help/using-mullvad-vpn-on-android/#block-without-vpn
Pushshift is down now? Is there a data hoarder who has a backup of all the historical Reddit data that we can seed?
Use Tor Browser if you need anonymity, which isn't offered by private browsing mode or most other extensions. In case you don't want to route through the Tor network, Mullvad Browser offers the same fingerprinting resistance techniques as Tor Browser.
Proton is a good service, but their years of reluctance to include more anonymous payment methods such as Monero and the inability to register an account from an anonymous IP address without a phone number makes me question the relative benefit of using them as a VPN.
If you want to learn Python, the tutorial in the documentation is a thoroughly excellent starting point. Reading the documentation (the most up-to-date, deliberate content) will make you far more of a Python wizard than codecademy ever could.