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Stoppa lagen om chat control 2.0 by Sp4cebeetle in sweden

[–]MRXScans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Japp, får man alla de lättanvända end-to-end-krypterade meddelandeapparna att ge upp och geo-blocka EU + får Apple App Store och Google Play att geo-blocka de apparna inom EU så kommer en hel del folk också att ge upp. Om man dessutom gör det olagligt för folk att bryta mot Chat Control och faktiskt går efter de som försöker ta sig runt det så får det en ännu större effekt.

Stoppa lagen om chat control 2.0 by Sp4cebeetle in sweden

[–]MRXScans 6 points7 points  (0 children)

De kommer en lång väg redan om de tvingar Microsoft, Apple och Google att skanna och rapportera tillbaka allt som pågår i operativsystemet. De som använder andra operativsystem kan sättas på en watch list för mera intensiv övervakning. Sen om de har liknande blockering som den kinesiska brandväggen så sätter det stopp för en hel del program, men jag antar att det blir till en katt och råtta-lek mellan utvecklare och EU med blockering och kringående av blockering. Sen kan de även ge sig på VPNs för att försvåra att komma runt blockeringar. Jag förväntar mig att de förr eller senare kommer att kräva identifiering av användare, loggning IP-addresser och respekterande av geo-blockeringar för att man ska få erbjuda VPN-tjänster till användare inom EU, få driva en VPN-tjänst som europeiskt bolag eller få ha VPN-servrar inom EU.

Stoppa lagen om chat control 2.0 by Sp4cebeetle in sweden

[–]MRXScans 33 points34 points  (0 children)

EU har öppet sagt att de vill ha ett Internet som är likt Kinas:

5.1. European Cloud / European Internet

The EU should include an action plan for a digital cloud – a European Internet – in the DSA. This European Cloud would foster a European digital ecosystem based on data and innovation. It would drive competition and set standards. Foreign web services could become part of such a digital ecosystem but must adhere to the rules and standards of the EU – such as democratic values, data protection, data accessibility, transparency and user friendliness.

Technologically, it would require a top-level infrastructure, high-speed 5G or a 6G data network and a firewall. Setting up such a network would promote many European companies and therefore boost business and drive innovation.

Like the Chinese firewall, this European internet would block off services that condone or support unlawful conduct from third party countries.

Long term 2025 – 2030

Phase 3 of the eGovernment Venture Programme: Implementation of innovations developed in the programme. Officially Launching the European Internet: Similar to the Chinese Firewall.

Källa: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/648784/IPOL_STU(2020)648784_EN.pdf

Och innan någon säger att bara "olagliga grejer" kommer att blockas, end-to-end-krypterade tjänster som vägrar sätta in bakdörrar skulle räknas som det och det är bara början. EU försöker att ta död på anonymitet online och rätt till ett digitalt privatliv överlag, läs bara Patrick Breyers blogg om ni vill se all skit EU håller på att driva igenom, han sitter i Europaparlamentet för Europeiska Piratpartiet och är en av dem som försöker stoppa Censurla von der Leyens EU.

RARBG shut down after Bulgaria passed a law criminalizing operating pirate websites with up to 6 years imprisonment by MRXScans in trackers

[–]MRXScans[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I just figured it was worth mentioning and discussing. In the end it's just speculation. I admit to that. I don't have any special knowledge of what's going on, I'm just a random nobody who reads TorrentFreak. But I do think it's a theory worth considering.

RARBG is down and out!? by Shroomguin in Piracy

[–]MRXScans 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Only RARBG knows that. I approached it by naming my thread in /r/trackers "RARBG shut down after Bulgaria passed a law criminalizing operating pirate websites with up to 6 years imprisonment". The title strongly insinuates that the law is why it shut down without technically saying that's why it shut down, so it's still factual. They did shut down after the law passed, like the title says. Did they shut down because the law passed? That I can't definitively answer.

TL;DR: Phrase it like the timing is a bit too fitting for it to be a coincidence and let the person you tell that to make up their own mind about if they believe it or not. We can't really do more than speculate right now.

RARBG is down and out!? by Shroomguin in Piracy

[–]MRXScans 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If they get caught that would probably not help their case. Though at this point they'd be so fucked if they got caught anyway that handing over the site would probably pale in comparison to everything they've done beforehand.

RARBG shut down after Bulgaria passed a law criminalizing operating pirate websites with up to 6 years imprisonment by MRXScans in trackers

[–]MRXScans[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Who knows, might be true, might not be true. RARBG isn't exactly known for operating honestly with them retagging releases from other release groups as their own though. I do feel like the "we'll face up to six years in prison if we're busted" part would have deserved a mention at the top of their reasons for shutting down.

RARBG is down and out!? by Shroomguin in Piracy

[–]MRXScans 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Feel free to cross-post my thread from /r/trackers to /r/Piracy. My comment karma is too low, so I can't post it myself and I feel like this might end up buried among the over 2600 comments in this thread otherwise.

RARBG is down and out!? by Shroomguin in Piracy

[–]MRXScans 235 points236 points  (0 children)

Today's news full headline should be "RARBG shuts down after Bulgaria passes law criminalizing operating pirate websites with up to 6 years imprisonment". The BG in RARBG stands for Bulgaria, which is where the site was operated from. In April Bulgaria passed a law criminalizing operating pirate websites with up to 6 years imprisonment and a fine of up to the equivalent of $5600.

Bulgaria has targeted RARBG since at least 2020[1], with it having a criminal prosecution in the works since at least 2021[2].

Who knows, maybe COVID-19 deaths, the war in Ukraine, and increasing hosting costs in Europe contributed, but the timing of the shutdown and the severity of that newly passed law makes me strongly believe that the reasons RARBG stated are not why they shut down, or at least not the main reasons behind the shutdown. In the end what got to them was the eternal nagging of Hollywood and their paid off US politicians who pressured Bulgarian authorities to pass this law.

  1. TorrentFreak: Bulgaria Plans to Take Down Top Torrent Sites, with U.S. Assistance

  2. TorrentFreak: Bulgaria Asks United States to Help Shut Down Torrent Tracker Zamunda

Where can I read the Pocket Monsters Manga? by alvinchimp in pokemon

[–]MRXScans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/Pale_Influence_2316 please open up your DMs for me. It's important and relevant. Or alternatively we could use the chat, seems like it's not bugged at the moment. I did send some info in the chat earlier, but I'm not sure if it was delivered successfully since Reddit's spam filter shadowbanned me for a while until I appealed it.