kitnaht @ kitnaht @lemmy.world

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I got banned from a community for saying I wasn't going to call a vagina a front hole. Apparently that's transphobic.

This would have been hilarious if nobody had replied...

It's all in your head dude. Don't worry about it.

You know how they've been saying "Xbox isn't going away! Xbox isn't dying!"

What if they announce an Xbox SteamDeck 🤣

RIP FromSoftware.

I know there's no way he gets off scot free; he's not a member of the corporate elite. But I can hope.

I mean, I bet it failed at making a regex that worked much faster than you could fail at writing a regex that worked. Sounds like progress! :D

Because yes, "the left" never changes anything, and only goes further right.

(hint: That's not how this works)

Over the decades we've made massive strides in equal rights for various marginalized groups. But sometimes the dance takes a step backwards before moving forward again.

I'd rather them become a not-for-profit instead of a non-profit.

This is the kind of bullshit I don't have time for, when shit gets broken in userspace because someone wanted to change the location of something.

I mean, legit true though. A lot of ISPs are selling your data now too.

It's less secure. Tor encrypts your BROWSER data. VPN encrypts ALL of your data. Your browser isn't the only thing that you have to worry about regarding privacy.

Do you see how that would make Tor less secure than VPN? Is that clear?

I'm pointing out a false equivalency argument here, not arguing about your semantics. If you wanna start arguing the definitions of words, you've already lost.

Read your own damn article:

Because it’s designed with privacy and anti-surveillance in mind, it generally runs slower than the regular internet and is not designed for content streaming.

For Fucks sake...

If you think VPN-using browsers do not have vulnerabilities

VPN is not "a browser", it's a network stack. It is separate from whatever you use for a browser. If you use Tor, you still use a browser. So your argument is absolutely coming from an asinine point of view where you clearly don't understand the technologies behind each.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/10/tor-browser-and-firefox-users-should-update-to-fix-actively-exploited-vulnerability

This was just in October. This is only the latest in a long history of Tor being a target for attacks. Sorry you're ignorant of that fact, but Tor is quite possibly the worst choice for any task. A VPN will always be faster, more reliable, and more secure.

Here's another in January: https://www.securityweek.com/tor-code-audit-finds-17-vulnerabilities/

And, it's basically the only service where it relies on freely added Tor exit nodes, where anyone can set up a node and start siphoning off data -- as data between the exit node and your end path is NOT protected.

Granted, this is the same for VPNs, but anyone can set up their own Tor Exit node. VPNs have a business incentive to make sure not just anyone is in the chain for access to that data.

I can fully saturate a symmetrical gigabit connection with my VPN. I can't touch a fraction of that with Tor.

Tor is for oppressive countries where anonymity and misdirection are more important than performance. It's literally worse than a VPN in every single way unless you're concerned with a major country coming for your head. And even then - Tor isn't going to save you.

Windscribe $2/mo. Also supports Wireguard. I don't even use their dumbass client, I just export a profile for Wireguard - which is quite a bit faster than OpenVPN

And Tor sucks. You shouldn't use it for torrenting, it's frequently targeted by intelligence agencies for IP unmasking, etc.

Can't wait until this guy DDoS's his home connection and his ISP calls wondering why tf his bandwidth skyrocketed overnight because of hotlinkers.

These fucking things always tip-toe around the issue anyone wants a VPN for: Piracy.

Are you pirating shit? Yes? Use a VPN.

This is actually the reason behind the institute of christian marriage by the way. Since as a species we're roughly 50:50 in terms of ratio, the idea behind 1 man having 6 wives, ultimately ends up with men that don't have families. This is used by religions for war (die and you'll get 12 virgins in heaven!) as well. By using religion and ultimately trying to pin it to 1:1 - that ultimately leaves men "providing" for their families, and by providing - I mean being a part of the workforce and "being productive" in the grand scheme of things. You'll see lots more of this violence in cultures where there 1:many relationships. Most men strive for reproduction as an instinctual goal, and when that instinct is restricted or repressed, you get outbursts and violence.

Prostitutes kind of short-circuit this reward mechanism, the same way games cause many people to fail at achieving their own potential.

Ultimately, policies like this just end up allowing people to have more outlets to choose to not have children. That's why you're seeing attacks on reproductive rights right now; because population is leveling off and number must go up. So long as we continue to rely on number-go-up as a baseline for our society, things like this won't be put into place.