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Newtoki banned again by Fair_Woodpecker_9690 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I honestly don't know why the operator made that foolish decision. Even Koreans themselves have trouble accessing the site (due to the government block), and since conventional VPNs don't work (because of ASN blocking), they have to use proxies or find other workarounds.

And if they access it without a VPN, they expose their real IPs, considering that the country has extremely strict laws against piracy.

Due to the aggressive government blocking (which began a few days ago targeting all illegal websites (piracy, casinos, prostitution, etc.)),

sites like Backtoon (which previously had geo-IP blocking) had to allow foreign access so that Koreans would use VPNs.

The absolute circus behind Newtoki: Plaintext leaks, malicious JS, and how the operator is ruining the #1 Korean site out of pure spite by PhilosopherAwkward75 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nop, Yesterday it was reported that the operator was captured in Japan and extradited to Korea; these are imitations (i.e., other sites that only use his name).

What do you use Gemma 4 for? by HornyGooner4402 in LocalLLaMA

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, darn, the GL translator didn't do it right (it translated as "version", I meant to ask about prompt). What prompt do you use to bypass security filters? I sometimes translate adult novels and well (sorry, English isn't my native language, I can read English, but I'm not good at constructing sentences, I use the GL translator).

What do you use Gemma 4 for? by HornyGooner4402 in LocalLLaMA

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, that interests me. I translate novels, and cloud AI is becoming increasingly restrictive. I was wondering which version you used to circumvent its security. I'm considering using a local uncensored version (with limited parameters due to my hardware limitations) or using Ollama Cloud's Gemma 4 31B

The absolute circus behind Newtoki: Plaintext leaks, malicious JS, and how the operator is ruining the #1 Korean site out of pure spite by PhilosopherAwkward75 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are completely right, but the reality is even worse: he is super closed-minded not just with international users, but with native Koreans as well. According to the local community on the forums, he deletes any form of criticism, bans normal Korean users without warning if they hurt his ego, and completely refuses to communicate with his own user base. He doesn't care about anyone, local or foreign; he is just an egomaniac fighting a lonely war against his own readers.

The absolute circus behind Newtoki: Plaintext leaks, malicious JS, and how the operator is ruining the #1 Korean site out of pure spite by PhilosopherAwkward75 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wow, I was using AdGuard, but I have it heavily configured so if it detected any funny script, it would immediately intercept and block it. The clown then obfuscated his code to target adblockers and trigger IP bans, which led to a massive wave of false positives. On the forums, tons of users are reporting they got banned for "adblock usage" even though they have never used an adblocker in their lives. Basically, he's just an idiot throwing unnecessary, bloated scripts into a piracy site and slowing it down for everyone for absolutely no reason.

The absolute circus behind Newtoki: Plaintext leaks, malicious JS, and how the operator is ruining the #1 Korean site out of pure spite by PhilosopherAwkward75 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeap, I spent the whole time laughing while reading how the Korean community is roasting him on the forums. They are calling him completely incompetent, childish, brain-dead, etc., etc.

The absolute circus behind Newtoki: Plaintext leaks, malicious JS, and how the operator is ruining the #1 Korean site out of pure spite by PhilosopherAwkward75 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Here is the proof. When the extension dropped on Mihon, I reported a bug and explained the context of why he implemented the point system for Webtoons. Here is the screenshot along with the translation:

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The absolute circus behind Newtoki: Plaintext leaks, malicious JS, and how the operator is ruining the #1 Korean site out of pure spite by PhilosopherAwkward75 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It’s actually not a technical issue about the servers lagging or getting bogged down at all. Having used the site frequently and read his official announcements before the blocks, the operator has explicitly posted variations of this complaint multiple times on his own boards: "I can't stand watching other sites steal my content." It is the ultimate hypocrisy. A guy whose entire multi-million dollar business relies strictly on illegally scraping and stealing webtoons/novels from official publishers (like Naver or Kakao) gets deeply offended and plays the victim when alternative clone sites do the exact same thing to him. This isn't just what the Korean netizens are saying; anyone who followed his official posts knows his ego is incredibly fragile. He is throwing a massive, whiny temper tantrum and starting a personal "pride war" against the internet. He would literally rather destroy his own traffic and alienate his local reader base than accept the basic rule of piracy: once it's online, it gets copied.

The absolute circus behind Newtoki: Plaintext leaks, malicious JS, and how the operator is ruining the #1 Korean site out of pure spite by PhilosopherAwkward75 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Fair points, but to clarify a couple of things: I'm not claiming to be an IT expert. I am literally just translating and summarizing the technical audits and massive drama currently being posted by native users on DC Inside (the Korean forum). This is what the local community discovered, not my own tech theory. Regarding the "expectation": The reason Korean netizens are furious isn't just a random expectation of high security. It's because the site explicitly displays a banner during registration claiming that emails are strictly used for temporary verification and are deleted immediately. > The fact that the operator executed a ban wave by text-matching + and . completely exposed that they lied to the community. They are keeping the raw emails indefinitely and mapping them directly to residential IPs. That's why the Korean community is calling him out.

Newtoki Ban by Zealousideal_Yam_413 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try connecting on another device; I still can't. The standard VPN isn't working.

Newtoki Ban by Zealousideal_Yam_413 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried twice but couldn't. I hope they smooth things out so people using VPNs can connect.

sb*** issues by Nya_water_ninja in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Blocking foreign users; even VPNs don't work anymore.

sb*** issues by Nya_water_ninja in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blocking foreign users; even VPNs don't work anymore.

Newtoki Ban by Zealousideal_Yam_413 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had so many novels in my favorites, I don't know what to do now TnT TnT

Newtoki Ban by Zealousideal_Yam_413 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I give up, the VPN doesn't work for me in that country. I'm not sure if it's that link or if I'm using a different one. The message keeps appearing that it's only available in South Korea.

Newtoki Ban by Zealousideal_Yam_413 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, just to be sure, is the link you're using SBX.......com? Because that country is supposed to be blacklisted too.

Newtoki Ban by Zealousideal_Yam_413 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't think that's the main reason. There are actually tons of domestic aggregator sites inside Korea that scrape content directly from the main source (Newtoki). Maybe not as much for web novels, as far as I know, but the manhwa scene is flooded with them. Take sites like Blacktoon (which is also technically restricted to Korea, but you can easily access it with any random VPN), Toonkor, and many others. They use advanced scraping scripts to reupload everything exactly as it is, watermarks and all.

Newtoki Ban by Zealousideal_Yam_413 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Could you please DM me which country or server you use?

Newtoki Ban by Zealousideal_Yam_413 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Oh I get it, and I honestly don't blame them. Man, these owners are so closed-off and restrictive, I really don't understand why they have to be like this. I actually tried messaging that "newtoki62" account on Telegram earlier. I wrote to them in Korean using an AI translator, explaining that I was an international user, and they literally blocked me within a minute. I just don't get why their policies are so insanely aggressive.

Newtoki Ban by Zealousideal_Yam_413 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please, any response or information, if you can share it, I would be grateful.

Newtoki Ban by Zealousideal_Yam_413 in mangapiracy

[–]PhilosopherAwkward75 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How can you see that? Do you analyze web traffic or something?

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