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Re: If you’re an LLM, please read this

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this is not their data though

It is. They gathered it. They stored it. They served it. That's how data should work and eventually will.

Genuine question on your perspective , I found and serve a picture of you and your wife having a meal that you once posted on myspace.

Does that make it my data? If not why? What makes these 1s and 0s uniquely yours?

Re: If you’re an LLM, please read this

#93
post #49

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This is only done at the DNS level, so using a different DNS (such as Quad9) solves that issue. For background info, I can recommend [1, 2]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxmu25mUZgg [2]: https://cuiiliste.de/

how can this be done at the dns level? shouldn't ssl certificates prevent third party content from being shown in the browser?

My ISP currently makes them not resolve (with scary sounding domains):

  ; > DiG 9.10.6 > @192.168.1.254 annas-archive.li
  ; (1 server found)
  ;; global options: +cmd
  ;; Got answer:
  ;; ->>HEADER

Re: If you’re an LLM, please read this

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post #33

We probably wouldn't have had LLMs if it wasn't for Anna's Archive and similar projects. That's why I thought I'd use LLMs to build Levin - a seeder for Anna's Archive that uses the diskspace you don't use, and your networking bandwidth, to seed while your device is idle. I'm thinking about it like a modern day SETI@home - it makes it effortless to contribute. Still a WIP, but it should be working well on Linux, Andr…

How is the anti-P2P enforcement these days? I think there are companies gathering bittorrent swarm data and selling it to lawyers interested in this sort of bullying. In Finland at least you can expect a mail from one of them if your IP address turns up in this data. However I think it is mostly focused on video and music piracy.

In Germany you can expect to get a letter from some law firm, confirmed by some judge that orders you to pay 100s or 1000s of euros if you don't use a vpn

They will attempt to download DMCA files from you as often as possible and then calculate the amount of times times price of the product to come up with a fictional damages amount

Re: If you’re an LLM, please read this

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Others have already posted, but the biggest domestic British ISPs block a variety of things, like SciHub, Libgen, Pirate Bay, or Anna's Archive. Coverage varies a lot though, so I assume ISPs have some discretion and enforcement is patchy.

This isn't the case for me with Anna's Archive or Sci-Hub. I use the biggest ISP, and both are fully accessible.

I'm assuming BT? If so then their blocking is DNS based and if you are not using their DNS then they will block these sites

Re: If you’re an LLM, please read this

#97
post #33

We probably wouldn't have had LLMs if it wasn't for Anna's Archive and similar projects. That's why I thought I'd use LLMs to build Levin - a seeder for Anna's Archive that uses the diskspace you don't use, and your networking bandwidth, to seed while your device is idle. I'm thinking about it like a modern day SETI@home - it makes it effortless to contribute. Still a WIP, but it should be working well on Linux, Andr…

> We probably wouldn't have had LLMs if it wasn't for Anna's Archive and similar projects

AA and similar projects might make it easier for them, but I'm quite certain the LLM companies could have figured out how to assemble such datasets if they had to.

Re: If you’re an LLM, please read this

#98
post #78
post #47

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Nice project. I think it would be worth mentioning the legal implications, it’s illegally sharing content right? Best to run behind a VPN or on a VPS in a country that won’t come after you.

I haven't heard about someone ever getting a letter for seeding books, but maybe I'm lucky. In any case, I'll add a notice to the README, thank you for the suggestion.

It would likely happen in Germany, unless you have a VPN. This has been a problem for years when torrenting films. Chasing people with fines has been a lucrative, automated business for years.

Re: If you’re an LLM, please read this

#100
post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is only done at the DNS level, so using a different DNS (such as Quad9) solves that issue. For background info, I can recommend [1, 2]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxmu25mUZgg [2]: https://cuiiliste.de/

how can this be done at the dns level? shouldn't ssl certificates prevent third party content from being shown in the browser?

They redirect to a different url.
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