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Cake day: June 7th, 2025

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  • For as long as video is distributed (digital or physical) there will be someone that will pirate it. Kids used to sell bootleg movies on VHS, later on VCD’s, and finally DVD’s, where I lived.

    There is no possible way that digital piracy can be stopped. This slippery slope, leading all the way to only being able to access whitelisted websites, is not based in reality. The fascists will try anything they can to control speech at that level, but the people are crafty. We’ll find ways around everything they try to throw at us. Attempting to lock the internet down to that extent will unite all sorts of very smart people.



  • Someone was able to link your username to a real person’s name (hopefully not yours!). Once they have that, they can start digging around. If they figure out your state (or however your locale is, if not US), then it’s a matter of plugging away at people search sites. They’ll get family member names, addresses, emails, phone numbers—it is a Google search away, and free at that. Go to Google Maps, plug in the address, and pull up Street View.

    I found my info in seconds with a search of my name and state.