On 02 Sep 2016 16:55:23 GMT, abk <up@abk.ws> wrote:
> Almost everybody who is active in binary groups has a paid Usenet
> account, which is traceable either via payment or IP address, unless it
> was paid via Bitcoin or something equally anonymous over an anonymous
> Proxy or VPN. Every post has an x-trace header with your user info in it
> and if your provider doesn't do x-trace headers, then be sure posts are
> logged in other ways.
Notice he talks about "posts," not downloads...
> It's much more likely, that you will get busted via your usenet provider
> than via abook.ws, but to each their own, I guess.
Most major Usenet providers don't log downloaders, only posters. So
it's already safe and anonymous without having to jump through any
hoops. Thanks anyway!
> All we do is provide access to a niche. There are plenty of other Usenet
> indexers and forums around, that do the exact same thing, many have been
> there longer than abook.ws.
And many have been busted and their membership lists accessed by law
enforcement.
> You don't like what we do? That's alright with me, it's not for everyone
> and I get that. But there's really no reason to badmouth us, just because
> you are paranoid and don't know how to use the internet anonymously. That
> is not our problem.
I don't like that you take advantage of naive people who are trying to
safely and anonymously download audiobooks they might not otherwise be
able to afford, in order to draw them away from Usenet onto the
Internet where they and their personal information become vulnerable
without their realizing it. As for "open" vs. "closed registration,"
drug dealers use what might well be called "closed registration" to
protect themselves against law enforcement. Like you said, you have
your own ng, so there's no legitimate reason to post here. When your
passworded posts -- or excuse me, when the passworded posts of "new
members are overly eager and make mistakes" -- are intermingled with
the normal, freely available posts that Usenet is and always has been
known for, inexperienced people who "don't know how to use the
internet" are tricked into giving up information that if they WERE
experienced, and DID know how to use the Internet, they would never,
ever, ever, EVER give to a complete stranger.
Indeed, as you and I both know, one would have to be a complete idiot
to do so.
CDX:)
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