i dont know if this is sreached already but i have bad english

this is what i want

games

books

music

programs (no internet)

i can run a vm

      • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        Canada is like that. IIRC the maximum fine you can get for piracy is $5,000, meaning it’s pretty much not worth it for any company to come after you. If you live in Canada and use a VPN you’re pretty much golden, but I also know people here who don’t even bother. They get a letter once in a while from their ISP and they just ignore it and nothing ever happens. One of my friends called their ISP to complain and told them to stop sending letters, and they said sorry they have to but if you seed a little bit less then they won’t have to send them lol.

      • CheetahHybrid @pawb.socialEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        He didn’t state what country, and weather they care about piracy is kind of irrelevant. You have a right to chose who you trust. I know I for sure don’t trust my ISP

        • cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          3 hours ago

          It’s pretty relevant, actually. It’s nice when you have choice. Not every ISP in my country is a big-name corporate shitbag (despite the best efforts and constant lobbying of said big-name corporate shitbags), and they are allowed equal-ish access to the last mile communication networks at (arbitrarily inflated) wholesale prices. It’s still worth the price, though. We even have some internet co-ops running their own fiber. And if they don’t care about piracy, and you trust them to stay that way, then what’s the trouble? Yes it is hard to gauge who to trust, but that’s the game we have to play.

      • CheetahHybrid @pawb.socialEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        I personally use Private Internet Access but I have mixed opinions. I can say they have a history of privacy protection but like any company that could change. Their speeds are also a inconsistent. I don’t have experience with other vpn’s

  • jlow@slrpnk.netEnglish
    7·
    12 hours ago

    As others said get a VPN (depending on where in the world you are this might not be that important if you’re country doesn’t care about western copyright mafia much) and then check out:

    https://fmhy.net/

  • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    5·
    12 hours ago

    If you’re only talking about the download process, and you are downloading at home, then a trustworthy VPN is the (only?) way to go. I’d look into Mullvad or IVPN.

    If you are also talking about other processes surrounding downloading, such as registration, creating accounts, communicating with people over the Internet, use fake names ( https://www.scifiideas.com/cyberpunk-name-generator/ ), e-mail aliases ( https://simplelogin.io/ ) and respectable DNS providers ( https://quad9.net/ ).

    • lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      1·
      7 hours ago

      thanks also hoe do u open the files without them having any chance of interent conention and cant see other files?

      thanks for the email recc btw everyone reccomends proton/tuta theyre ok but dont work with tor

    • jlow@slrpnk.netEnglish
      112·
      12 hours ago

      Mullvad is unfortunately run by fascists so a bad choice if you’re not one.

          • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
            4·
            3 hours ago

            I switched away from Mullvad because of that. I waited a bit for their response before deciding, but I found their eventual response pretty wishy-washy. Their counter-argument was:

            It was a private donation from Daniel the individual. Mullvad or its parent and sister companies did not endorse and were not involved in it.

            But his personal money still comes from the company, so if I continued to send Mullvad money I’d know it was still indirectly going to the Örebro party, whose leader called immigrants “parasites”, which (as an immigrant myself, albeit not to Sweden) is not acceptable to me.