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On 1/1/2019 10:17 AM, General E. Pisthoffe wrote:
> Yes, but I'd guess it's someone posting copyrighted video, intending
> to avoid the copyright lawyers from ordering takedowns. Still seems a
> waste, since no one but his buddies have the password(s) to actually
> open them.
>
> But, such PW garbage appears in several newsgroups these days (notably
> .teevee), hoping to avoid notice by the same mafia goons referred to
> in the above paragraph. Seems to be part of Usenet life in the ongoing
> 21st century.
>
> I sure still miss Rockhound, though.
>
> General E. Pisthoffe
> "and I am generally pissed off".
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I've been using newsleecher and it will usually alert to a pass worded file
after you've downloaded a bit.
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