Usenet requires an indexer and a provider. An indexer indexes content. A provider is a server that hosts the content. Content is split into 1MB chunks.

The manual way. You look for content you want on the website of the indexer and download the nzb file. You download the nzb file, which a list of the 1MB chunks and put it in your usenet download software. The downloader then downloads it.

The automated way. There is a software suite called *arr. It’s not exclusive to Usenet; you can also use it with torrents. You search for the content you’re interested in and the software does the rest.

Trash-guides and servarr are popular guides.

Search for trash guides and servarr. Both have websites that are detailed in how to set up all of the arrs apps in what ever fashion you want. I think both have Discord servers too.

I’ve thought about turning my entire rear window into a mirror, but I imagine there is a law against it, so I haven’t looked into it.

I think buffering comes with the cheapest firesticks and the cheapest providers.

Could you set a ‘password’ on the uploads? So the server will only accept and start the upload if the password is present. The password is a passphrase to make it easy to type in.

Depends on your stance on risk since WatchTower has to run as privileged

You think you know how to detect a virus, but you only know how to detect a virus that doesn’t hide it’s actions.

It’s not about paying for software or pirating it. It’s about if you pirate software, should you run it on bare metal, a VM, or on a machine with nothing else on it.

I think pirating software is perfectly fine, but I’d never run it on bare metal on a machine with other stuff on it.

Considered safe only because people haven’t noticed anything malicious happening? Yeah, that’s still a no go for me; just because people haven’t noticed, doesn’t mean it’s not happening.

In what respect does this list seized domains?

And if the developers were to give up on the project, how likely it would be for someone to fork it and continue.

I believe the same settings are also in WhatsApp.

I don’t understand the love for Telegram.

In the short period of using it I had so much BS come through by scammers/spammers - both as DMs and group messages. I’ve rarely had that with WhatsApp.

In my eyes WhatsApp is far better than Telegram. And Signal is far greater than WhatsApp. The only thing I wish Signal had was inbuilt GIFs; it’s not that much of an issue on mobile but it’s a pain on desktop.