With phone link I have tested the beta version and you can use your phone camera wirelessly after initial setup. At least I was able to do this using a Redmi Note 9s without any obvious issues, apart from the privacy concerns noted elsewhere.

The only unique (I think?) thing about phone link is that it enables you to use your Android phone camera as a webcam, which can be handy if you don’t have a quality webcam. I think its only in the beta version though.

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Wiki link for your convenience. 🏴‍☠️

Lol this nasty little bigoted troll just can’t get enough of our friendly little pirate community. But that’s what the plank is for! 🏴‍☠️

I reckon it’s probably a good thing we are flying under the radar in the media tbh. Media attention might draw other forms of unwanted attention. It’ll be interesting to see how things shake out over the next year or so though. Those meme communities have a lot of growth potential given their demographic.

Great questions!

A1: Yes and no. They are worth it if you want to download and seed more obscure content that would not be found on public trackers. Private trackers often keep very old and niche torrents alive because of their rules designed to promote healthy seeding. Some private trackers specialize in certain types of content too. They will sometimes also get new release torrents slightly earlier than public trackers but nowadays there’s not that much difference in that respect. If you are already satisfied with the content you find on public trackers then I’d say the benefits of joining a private tracker are somewhat diminished. Having said that there are other possible benefits - e.g., some private sites tend to have more trustworthy content and comments because virus infected content is usually more quickly identified and removed, and some have a friendly community. But if you are mainly seeking popular and newer content then public torrents are perfectly serviceable. The VPN question is a thorny one for me. I’m naturally reluctant to trust my real IP address to any website, but many private trackers require that you don’t use one. Yes, you are less likely to be ‘caught’ downloading a torrent from a private tracker, but it’s still a possibility if a site is compromised. I’m not sure how often that happens in real life though, maybe some other members can provide some history of known breaches.

A2. No torrent sites are 100% safe. 1337x took down that problematic torrent within a day (I think), so that shows some goodwill. But there are always some suspicious torrents on public trackers, because no site mod or admin has the time to forensically check every upload - it relies on a certain amount of trust with regard to uploaders that they won’t suddenly start uploading virus infected content. But you get a ton of false virus reports on public trackers too, either because copyright holders may want to put people off from downloading the content, or because noobs often misinterpret virus scanner warnings which often highlight a cracked file as a keygen/PUP/trojan even when it’s (often) perfectly harmless. So long as 1337x has some moderation in place for uploaders and responds in a timely manner to reports of viruses etc, then I’d say nothing much has changed at 1337x, despite the various unsubstantiated conspiracy theories you may come across. I’ll still be using it from time to time. In general torrents will be safer on private trackers because they are more carefully moderated, but there are no guarantees. You should always take precautions.

Hope that helps a little - I’m sure you’ll get a lot of differing opinions on these questions.

Alternatively, you can use the official YouTube site with Mull browser or Firefox with the ublock origin extension installed. But NewPipe offers a better experience since you can download videos etc.

Oh that’s good to know!

It’s more reliable to copy the file across to the kindle via usb connection. You will need to run the download through an epub -> mobi convertor first since it’s in epub format. There are plenty of free ones online, e.g., https://convertio.co/epub-mobi/

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If you say enough batshit crazy stuff then sooner or later you’re going to get something right by accident.

There is absolutely no need to bring left vs right identity politics into the discussion, please stick to the topic of piracy. Same goes for the replies below. Thanks.

I guess it’s possible. But looking at that VitaminX’s other uploads, many of them were scammy uploads of uncracked games etc. How they qualified for VIP uploader status in an open question that should really be addressed by 1337x.

I reported it on 1337x earlier today, but they aren’t very responsive. Fitgirl has it listed as an upcoming repack, so hopefully not long to wait for a clean copy.

Yes definitely, but currently the onus is on the user to not infringe. The French proposal is putting at least some of the onus on the developer of the browser which is a new front, I agree.

Consider their recent reviews I don’t know why anyone would even want to use it. Maybe check out m0nkrus on the megathread for a copy of Premiere Pro instead?

Yeah me too bud, good times were had there :)

Not viable at all for a beginner, I’d say. If you can’t find a torrent website you like, there are many other ways to search for content, e.g. using the built in search functionality in qBittorrent with Jackett; using Sonarr (TV shows) and/or Radarr (Movies) as a content download manager for qBittorrent and/or Usenet, etc. Any of those options will give you better results and a better experience than using specific torrent websites since they can yield aggregate results from many different indexers/trackers in one place.