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Did not know that detail. Will add to the post, thank you.
And from your addendum: So, use random usernames on the computers you use for this stuff, in case you misconfigure something. ...or a username that is so common as to be meaningless, like "user", "Administrator", or even "root".
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did not know that detail. Will add to the post, thank you.
And from your addendum: So, use random usernames on the computers you use for this stuff, in case you misconfigure something. ...or a username that is so common as to be meaningless, like "user", "Administrator", or even "root".
I'm curious how Sci-hub's approach compares to the What.cd/Redacted approach. IIUC Sci-hub has scooped up science docs through a good enough UX that it was able to leverage the goodwill of science folks to upload docs (plus whatever other methods it has used to scoop up docs), and it uses a public blitzkrieg-style distribution mechanism. I.e., I guess if one had a big enough harddrive and a fast enough internet conne…
Sadly, Sci-Hub took down this “magic proxy” to try and win a court case in India, which its creator thinks might legitimize it elsewhere. It’s a huge shame, because it means that many obscure articles are now inaccessible via Sci-Hub.
Ironically, a pure proxy-based Sci-Hub that didn’t host any articles on its own might actually be legal in certain countries, since it’s not actually hosting any copyrighted content itself. It definitely would be a lot easier to host and a lot harder to shut down; indeed, it could be completely decentralized.
I'm curious how Sci-hub's approach compares to the What.cd/Redacted approach. IIUC Sci-hub has scooped up science docs through a good enough UX that it was able to leverage the goodwill of science folks to upload docs (plus whatever other methods it has used to scoop up docs), and it uses a public blitzkrieg-style distribution mechanism. I.e., I guess if one had a big enough harddrive and a fast enough internet conne…
You imply there is some continuity in the operation between these two trackers, but I don’t believe that’s the case. What.cd shut down. Subsequently, redacted (passtheheadphones) and apollo started, appealing to the same userbase. Neither of those trackers were privy to what.cd’s databases.
«That secrecy, however, comes with a psychological cost. Most people love being recognized for the work that they do, and yet you cannot take any credit for this in real life.» Feels like the anonymous torrent seeder who keeps seeding a file for years just for the sake of keeping it alive. It's not easy, but some people seem to be able to derive full pleasure from accomplishing the task itself, whether recognition ha…
I think you can still get a reddit account without giving them even an email address, and definitely not a phone number.
I'm curious how Sci-hub's approach compares to the What.cd/Redacted approach. IIUC Sci-hub has scooped up science docs through a good enough UX that it was able to leverage the goodwill of science folks to upload docs (plus whatever other methods it has used to scoop up docs), and it uses a public blitzkrieg-style distribution mechanism. I.e., I guess if one had a big enough harddrive and a fast enough internet conne…
Sci-Hub was interesting because until 2021, it could automatically add any article not in its database by querying proxy servers set up at universities that actually subscribed to the journals, which would then download the PDF from the journal’s website and forward it to Sci-Hub. (This was the approach most academics took in the pre-Sci-Hub days; they’d email friends at other universities and ask them if they had ac…
I'm curious how Sci-hub's approach compares to the What.cd/Redacted approach. IIUC Sci-hub has scooped up science docs through a good enough UX that it was able to leverage the goodwill of science folks to upload docs (plus whatever other methods it has used to scoop up docs), and it uses a public blitzkrieg-style distribution mechanism. I.e., I guess if one had a big enough harddrive and a fast enough internet conne…
Undoubtedly.
I think Alexandra Elbakyan actually did not want to be revealed as the librarian behind Sci-Hub, it was her poor opsec that led to her being identified. Basically her servers were set up to emit detailed error messages from PHP, including full path of faulting source file, which was under directory /home/ringo-ring, which could be traced to a username she had online on an unrelated site, attached to her real name. Be…
> which was under directory /home/ringo-ring, which could be traced to a username Ha, my home dir is always called "me" or "and". Try google that.
I'm curious how Sci-hub's approach compares to the What.cd/Redacted approach. IIUC Sci-hub has scooped up science docs through a good enough UX that it was able to leverage the goodwill of science folks to upload docs (plus whatever other methods it has used to scoop up docs), and it uses a public blitzkrieg-style distribution mechanism. I.e., I guess if one had a big enough harddrive and a fast enough internet conne…