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The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee...::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

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[–] Rosco 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm planning to make a seedbox with AirVPN running 24/7 on a Pi. I've been a big leecher for a while now and I want to give back to the community. Fuck streaming services, if I can't own the product after I bought then it's not worth buying.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you already have a Linux/BSD server, say Nextcloud, HomeAssistant, etc, you could just use a container instead of a Pi.

[–] Rosco 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't own a server yet, that's why I'm planning to get a Pi to get the seedbox running and do some other fun projects.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Much as I love Pis and ARM, unless you are doing something with GPIOs/hardware, you might be better off getting a second hand thin client PC, like a Dell Wyse.

[–] Rosco 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I was actually thinking of buying a ThinkCentre or an Optiplex, but I'll have to see. It's just a project that I have for the moment. It would be fun to tinker with the hardware of the Pi though, I've seen so many cool stuff you can do with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yer Pis are good for lots of stuff, just not such great home servers. Bit under powered for the money and not good for disks. I'm still a bit grumpy they aren't more of a normal ARM device with U-Boot. Yes I know you can add U-Boot, but it has it's own (closed) fat boot loader, rather than something minimal as normal.

[–] Rosco 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah clearly not the optimal choice here, but I think it's enough for my use-case. The form factor is also something I can appreciate, as I move around quite a bit. When I'll get a more permanent home, I'll definitively take something more appropriate

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd say the form factor, assuming a big USB disk attached, is less portable than a single box, but what ever works for you. But whatever works for you. Just trying to stop draw e-waste of Pis bought for the wrong job.

[–] Rosco 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a perfectly valid concern, there's a lot of PIs out there that are dust collectors or paper weights unfortunately. You know what, If I can find an second-hand Optiplex or ThinkCentre for cheap maybe i'll use that instead!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

For server use, I sadly think that is wise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dont use VPNs where you provide personal information as ISPs and law enforcement can and do request data from those VPN services. Use something like Mullvad (and pay with XMR if you are paranoid :)

[–] Rosco 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I already use Mullvad, but I doesn't allow portforwarding anymore, sadly. So my uploads speeds are pitiful. As much as I enjoy Mullvad's simplicity when it comes to accounts, I'll have to pass. The point of the seedbox is to make the files that I download widely available. I don't download a whole lot, and it's usually files with very few seeders. It's often stuff that you can't find on streaming sites.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Is paid ProtonVPN good for this? It's got port forwarding and is apparently private, but I can't tell how willing they would be to provide details to others in a bad scenario.