No offense but lemmy has its own brain rot and echo chambers. Not being exposed to the majority of the public reinforces a lot of this. You’re just exchanging one kind of circlejerk for another.

Missing the fact Open Source software is generally more secure because more people are looking at the code. You don’t need to see the source to find a vulnerability, you do need it to patch one properly though.

So it’s not a direct result of using PrEP?

Why would PrEP cause an increase in the other diseases?

I use a finger trackball. I have no idea how that grip fits in here.

Firefox doesn’t even use Gecko anymore, it uses Quantum. I think it still uses spidermonkey though.

Why is arch a buttplug?

Ah fairs

There is no need to downvote someone over a question.

Does it work with snapcraft?

Does all of this require flatpack specific APIs?

Yeah I agree. Scotland has a tiny population and isn’t actually a country. It’s a part of the larger UK that definitely has more fossil fuels.

Here is the UK grid: https://grid.iamkate.com/

Nobody likes email. I prefer the modern fediverse.

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.

I was, and still am, 100% sure you do not have any experience with Usenet

I never claimed to have experience with Usenet. I do have years of experience with piracy in general. I guess I didn’t make this clear enough.

I didn’t recommend Prowlarr, I specifically said SABnzbd. That’s the program with SSL, not Prowlarr. I think you’re the one mixing me up with someone else, possibly MonkCanatella.

Even without a VPN, they may be able to see that you’re searching you’re indexers (on a program called Prowlarr - searching for a file to DL)

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

I also never said Prowlarr uses SSL before now. Though given many index sites use HTTPS it can in fact use SSL or TLS. It’s still not a criticism of anything I have said though cause they can still see which site you are accessing just not which file.

Sorry my guy, you’re going to have to work on your confusion, fragile psyche, and extreme sensitivity, all by yourself my guy.

I am not the one who is confused here. The thing about being sesitive is probably true. 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. Honestly the fact you have to use ad hominem like this and then block someone isn’t good.

They didn’t say they were

No the sensitivity of radiation based smoke alarms tends to cause false positives which in turn causes people to ignore them making them less effective. Optical smoke detectors are overall the newer and better technology.

That being said radiation based smoke detection is still a cool concept. There might be a few areas where they perform better still, though probably not.