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Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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Because some people go through TOR to browse regular non-onion web sites and their experience is not always pleasant.

> Because some people go through TOR to browse regular non-onion web sites They still go through the onion circuit. I agree with the GP, distinction you're trying to make is unclear - Tor is a browser that uses onion circuits to access the web, including onion sites. Without onion, Tor is just another flavor of Firefox.

The distinction is simple - slipping through an exit-node or staying within the Onion network. Doesn't this make sense?

As far as I know I2P is better for the second kind of the job but apparently is not nearly as popular, sadly.

Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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Because some people go through TOR to browse regular non-onion web sites and their experience is not always pleasant.

> Because some people go through TOR to browse regular non-onion web sites They still go through the onion circuit. I agree with the GP, distinction you're trying to make is unclear - Tor is a browser that uses onion circuits to access the web, including onion sites. Without onion, Tor is just another flavor of Firefox.

Tor is The Onion Router. It is precisely "the onion" you're referring to. It is not a browser. A browser or any other TCP-using software can route packets through the Tor network. Be careful when misinforming people like this.

Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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And how would you enforce that over time? Perhaps... with a strong government? :P

No, with accountability of government officials if they err - What would today be dismissed as "Attacks on our nation's capitol"

What is this "accountability" you speak of? How exactly does it work?

I hope you don't think "accountability" means some hill billies storming some offices and then going home having accomplished absolutely nothing, except in some cases going to jail.

Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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> Because some people go through TOR to browse regular non-onion web sites They still go through the onion circuit. I agree with the GP, distinction you're trying to make is unclear - Tor is a browser that uses onion circuits to access the web, including onion sites. Without onion, Tor is just another flavor of Firefox.

Tor is The Onion Router. It is precisely "the onion" you're referring to. It is not a browser. A browser or any other TCP-using software can route packets through the Tor network. Be careful when misinforming people like this.

Technically, yes, Tor is The Onion Router, but everyone seems to refer to the official Tor Browser as "Tor", and to the Tor software as "onion".

> Be careful when misinforming people like this.

Who died and made you the captain of the truth police?

Re: Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

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The founders were also deathly afraid of a standing army. This is why a defense authorization bill is passed every two years. People might debate how much money should be put toward defense spending, but few people would argue that we should dissolve the military and call up citizens only when conflict happens. They also explicitly dismissed the idea of one person, one vote. And this all ignores the fact that there w…

> With all that said, we shouldn't be hamstrung by what a deeply flawed group of people decided in the late 1700s. Bringing this back to the discussion at hand, your point seems completely off the mark and basically irrelevant. The current copyright regime is nothing like what was created by those men hundreds of years ago. In the late 18th century after the country was founded, copyright was limited to 14 years plus…

Americans use the supposed will of the founding fathers to justify quite random stuff. It's just an excuse yea.
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