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Re: Bypass Paywalls Add-On Takedown Notice

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Post by illiac786 »

nixosbestos wrote: post #40
illiac786 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The way Monero works, you can simply have two monero addresses/IDs. The one you get the initial coins (cash, bank transfer, doesn’t matter), then transfer to the second one. Then you can buy whatever you want anonymously from the second one. That’s the whole point of monero, that it is not possible to trace transfers, to the contrary of bitcoins where every transfer is in the ledger. Or am I missing something?

> Or am I missing something? blinding hatred of crypto? Otherwise, nothing as far as I know.

Who hates crypto on this thread? I rather saw hatred of ATMs =)

Re: Bypass Paywalls Add-On Takedown Notice

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Post by o999 »

pogue wrote: post #2

I can't believe Github processed this incredibly spurious DMCA request that didn't even detail what was being infringed beyond some vague "anti-circumvention technology". Plus it checks for archived and cached versions of an article so that somehow makes it circumvention?! The author has already been kicked off Gitlab, so I'm not sure where else realistically they can go that wouldn't fold to copyright holders. Sourc…

Gitea hosted in Russia or Iran or similar jurisductions that would SHIFT+DELETE a DMCA request.

Re: Bypass Paywalls Add-On Takedown Notice

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Post by exe34 »

illiac786 wrote: post #39
exe34 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

which limits it to very small amounts or the proceeds of crime.

The way Monero works, you can simply have two monero addresses/IDs. The one you get the initial coins (cash, bank transfer, doesn’t matter), then transfer to the second one. Then you can buy whatever you want anonymously from the second one. That’s the whole point of monero, that it is not possible to trace transfers, to the contrary of bitcoins where every transfer is in the ledger. Or am I missing something?

isn't this the point that the people in power start to look into your finances and asking questions? especially if copyright is involved, there is effectively infinite resources to be spent on chasing you. you need to remain careful not to slip up every single time - they just have to be lucky once.

Re: Bypass Paywalls Add-On Takedown Notice

#44

Post by exe34 »

nixosbestos wrote: post #40
illiac786 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The way Monero works, you can simply have two monero addresses/IDs. The one you get the initial coins (cash, bank transfer, doesn’t matter), then transfer to the second one. Then you can buy whatever you want anonymously from the second one. That’s the whole point of monero, that it is not possible to trace transfers, to the contrary of bitcoins where every transfer is in the ledger. Or am I missing something?

> Or am I missing something? blinding hatred of crypto? Otherwise, nothing as far as I know.

the opposite of blind faith is suspicion/disbelief, not blinding hatred.

Re: Bypass Paywalls Add-On Takedown Notice

#45

Post by pogue »

DavideNL wrote: post #37
pogue wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They didn't post it on their Twitter, which as far as I know, is their only other social media presence. https://x.com/Magnolia1234B

So what is/was the "official" repo/source then? Because the repo at Github [1] points to the Russion repo [2], see here [3]. [1] https://github.com/bpc-clone/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean [2] https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clea... [3] https://github.com/bpc-clone/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean?t...

The Gitflic link you posted is broken. Here is the working one (looks like it was updated recently, but my browser doesn't want to translate)

https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chro...

I wasn't aware of the bpc-clone, but it's working and was updated 4 hours ago. I would imagine Github would catch onto that one rather quickly. The parent folder is private.

Re: Bypass Paywalls Add-On Takedown Notice

#46

Post by pogue »

o999 wrote: post #42
pogue wrote: post #2

I can't believe Github processed this incredibly spurious DMCA request that didn't even detail what was being infringed beyond some vague "anti-circumvention technology". Plus it checks for archived and cached versions of an article so that somehow makes it circumvention?! The author has already been kicked off Gitlab, so I'm not sure where else realistically they can go that wouldn't fold to copyright holders. Sourc…

Gitea hosted in Russia or Iran or similar jurisductions that would SHIFT+DELETE a DMCA request.

The author has a Russian mirror

https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chro...

Re: Bypass Paywalls Add-On Takedown Notice

#47

Post by cykros »

bubblethink wrote: post #5
ls612 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe the new Russian service will work for them. Although how hard is it really to host files in the <1MB range?

How will you host any files anonymously, no matter the size ? I don't mean bittorrent, ipfs, tor and the likes. Plain old website needs you to pay a hosting provider and a registry for a domain, both of which require your name and some form of payment. If you have the resources, you can create an LLC or find some other workarounds, but it's a hassle and not cheap.

There are a variety of services like Tor2Web that make accessing .onion sites on the plain internet trivial. For MOST .onion sites you may well not want to do this, but when all you want to do is hide the identity of the publisher, rather than worry about the privacy of the visitor, it's not really an impediment.

There is the matter of bandwidth -- this is where being pulled into other repositories and copied would be helpful. The code is small, but tor is notoriously slow.

Re: Bypass Paywalls Add-On Takedown Notice

#48

Post by cykros »

rustcleaner wrote: post #35
pogue wrote: post #2

I can't believe Github processed this incredibly spurious DMCA request that didn't even detail what was being infringed beyond some vague "anti-circumvention technology". Plus it checks for archived and cached versions of an article so that somehow makes it circumvention?! The author has already been kicked off Gitlab, so I'm not sure where else realistically they can go that wouldn't fold to copyright holders. Sourc…

I think it's time for anonymously hosted .onion and .i2p git repositories, ideally with IPFS and Hyphanet backup in the event the black helicopters find the hosting systems.

Given the arrest of the Telegram CEO in France, I tend to agree. We've grown too complacent about trusting the public internet to host content that the censors will want to do something about. And the more gets done on tor, presumably, the more bandwidth the network will have, given the way it functions.

Re: Bypass Paywalls Add-On Takedown Notice

#49

Post by o999 »

pogue wrote: post #46
o999 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gitea hosted in Russia or Iran or similar jurisductions that would SHIFT+DELETE a DMCA request.

The author has a Russian mirror https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chro...

Cool, thanks for sharing

Re: Bypass Paywalls Add-On Takedown Notice

#50

Post by nixosbestos »

exe34 wrote: post #43
illiac786 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The way Monero works, you can simply have two monero addresses/IDs. The one you get the initial coins (cash, bank transfer, doesn’t matter), then transfer to the second one. Then you can buy whatever you want anonymously from the second one. That’s the whole point of monero, that it is not possible to trace transfers, to the contrary of bitcoins where every transfer is in the ledger. Or am I missing something?

isn't this the point that the people in power start to look into your finances and asking questions? especially if copyright is involved, there is effectively infinite resources to be spent on chasing you. you need to remain careful not to slip up every single time - they just have to be lucky once.

Yes, this is the crucial point. It's probably not even that hard to get a pile of semi-clean Monero. Cashing it out, paying or avoiding taxes on it, and avoiding lifestyle signs. Best I've come up with is that I'd spend it all donating crypto to OSS projects that I want to see succeed.
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