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Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens

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492 points vladyslavfox | 1 comments | 20 Oct 24 15:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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trompetenaccoun ◴[20 Oct 24 15:33 UTC] No.41895988[source]▶
We need archives built on decentralized storage. Don't get me wrong, I really like and support the work Internet Archive is doing, but preserving history is too important to entrust it solely to singular entities, which means singular points of failure.
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jdiff ◴[20 Oct 24 16:19 UTC] No.41896411[source]▶
This seems to get brought at least once in the comments for every one of these articles that pops up.

The IA has tried distributing their stores, but nowhere near enough people actually put their storage where their mouths are.

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WarOnPrivacy ◴[20 Oct 24 18:00 UTC] No.41897206[source]▶
> nowhere near enough people actually put their storage where their mouths are.

Typically because most people who have the upload, don't know that they can. And if they come to the notion on their own, they won't know how.

If they put the notion to a search engine, the keywords they come up with probably don't return the needed ELI5 page.

As in: How do I [?] for the Internet Archive?, most folks won't know what [?] needs to be.

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TZubiri ◴[20 Oct 24 18:16 UTC] No.41897342[source]▶
This is literally torrents. Just give up
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briandear ◴[20 Oct 24 19:11 UTC] No.41897746[source]▶
The problem with torrents is they have a bad reputation since people use it to steal and redistribute other people’s content without their consent.
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AlienRobot ◴[20 Oct 24 19:51 UTC] No.41898015[source]▶
Give it a good reputation then.

What are some legal torrent trackers?

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ranger_danger ◴[20 Oct 24 21:30 UTC] No.41898642[source]▶
What is your definition of a legal torrent tracker? I was not aware there were even any illegal ones.
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mikae1 ◴[20 Oct 24 21:53 UTC] No.41898792[source]▶
> I was not aware there were even any illegal ones.

Depends on the jurisdiction. Remember what happened in the The Pirate Bay trial?

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ranger_danger ◴[21 Oct 24 01:22 UTC] No.41899902[source]▶
My understanding is that that court case did not show that operating a torrent tracker is illegal, but specifically operating a (any) service with the explicit intent of violating copyright... huge difference IMO.

To me that's not even related to it being a torrent tracker, just that they were "aiding and abetting" copyright infringement.

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TZubiri ◴[21 Oct 24 01:49 UTC] No.41900035[source]▶
Ok. But what is the case law in hosting illegal content? Sure you may operate a torrent, but if your client is distributing child porn, in my view, you bear responsibility.
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1. ranger_danger ◴[21 Oct 24 02:19 UTC] No.41900161{4}[source]▶
I don't think TPB ever hosted any copyrighted content, even indirectly by its users. Torrent peers do not ever send any file contents through the tracker.