Yes and I have said the same thing in other comments before.

What about my comments made you think I don’t like or support steam?

I said that people complain about the epic games guy but also whine and moan about Gabe having yachts. Then you said they are being consistent and I said well when they recommend to use other millionaire/billionaires platforms that is not being consistent that is hating on a specific platform for the same things other platforms do (have rich people run them)

I’m confused about what you are defending or against here.

You can see in my comment history I have said the same thing you just said before to people anti steam. I love steam, and what it does for Linux.

But that doesn’t mean I’m against epic either.

Do you like cross platform gaming? Thank epic.

Hating on one but defending the other is exactly what I said doesn’t make any sense. Every successful gaming company is going to have millionaires. So when I said, people hate on epic but then complain that Gabe has yachts but still tell people to use steam over epic that doesn’t make any sense and is the opposite of consistent.

Odd then that most of them that hate on epic still recommend to use Steam instead.

Some say GOG, which is also owned by millionaires.

I’m failing to see the consistency.

That’s fair but anyone can run it that way without it having root access, even on Windows.

I run it through Heroic and it doesn’t have root access at all. In fact my entire gaming profile doesn’t have root access to the rest of the machine which is recommended for anything gaming related even steam.

If you’re talking about on Windows then you’re already running Malware in the form of Windows OS, to be honest. But since you said root I’m assuming you mean on Linux.

I’ve never understood the hate for Epic Games Store. Without Epic cross platform gaming would have never happened on consoles.

Yeah dude is a twat and has some shitty opinions but the same people who bitch about him will whine and moan about Gabe Newell having yachts.

I really just don’t understand it.

If you don’t want anyone to make money from games then that leaves no money left to develop games.

In fact, epic charges less than half of the listing fee for devs and publishers than any other service that lists games. (They lose money doing this, but they still do it).

Just really odd behavior in my opinion. People find anything to divide themselves over.

To be fair not all crime causes harm to other people.

There’s only been like 3 times mainly that have been found out about publicly at least

OnionDuke Malware (2014)

Operation Onymous (2014)

Tor Exit Node Malware Campaign (2020)

So it can happen but doesn’t happen often and the people who pull it off usually have virtually unlimited funding to do it. For the common person its still safer than rawdogging the internet

That excerpt still says it was deployed to all the businesses listed above it, though. So yes it was being used however those businesses used it.

And yes closed source components are inescapable (and also a potential threat) unless you use something that is GNU certified and I don’t even think a lot of them can even run the current version of Tails but I havent researched it in awhile. Maybe could run Tor browser though but if my memory serves correctly even stuff that is GNU certified has some proprietary hardware in it.

But no, the irrationality here would be saying “because something is open source you should trust it automatically and ask no questions about it” which of course isn’t what you said but you implied that because something is open source its automatically to be trusted. And that’s not true.

I never said not to use TOR or implied that, I said (and you can look back at my comments and see) that just because something is open source doesn’t automatically mean it is safe and trustworthy. And I don’t think its irrational to say that.

This was all in response to someone pointing out that depending on what the person is using TOR for they should do more research about it and educate themselves on security of using it which is true.

Never just see open source and assume complete safety or trustworthiness. Which is something people who have never used TOR do all the time and why you see the points I made being brought up around the conversation constantly.

Open source doesn’t guarantee complete safety, you should still take other steps in addition to using open source to better enhance your privacy and security. TOR is great and I think OP and others interested should use it, but you should never blindly trust something just because it is open source and used a lot. Vulnerabilities can happen all the time, if they didn’t Tails wouldn’t ever need updated at all.

Alternatives (that I wouldn’t really recommend) do exist and since you mentioned how none were mentioned the two that come to mind first is i2p and Whonix although Whonix uses Tor routing but is an alternative to Tails I guess. Still wouldn’t recommend them over Tails though.

The algorithm has been included in the code libraries and software of major vendors and industry bodies, including Microsoft, Cisco Systems, RSA, Juniper, RIM for Blackberry, OpenSSL, McAfee, Samsung, Symantec, and Thales, according to Nist documentation, external.

Whether the software of these organisations was secure depended on how the algorithm had been used, Cambridge University cryptographic expert Richard Clayton told the BBC.

I wouldn’t say it didn’t affect anyone. And the thing about stuff like this is that this is just what has been found there likely exist many other things like this that won’t be found for a long time if it all.

OP should still use open source, to be clear I never said they shouldn’t.

But your comment implied that because it is open source it automatically means that it is safe and trustworthy and that isn’t true.

Obviously your security is much better on widely used open source software and programs than on proprietary stuff that isn’t widely audited but it doesn’t guarantee your safety and that’s all I was pointing out.

Also to add to this, since the discussion is about TOR I think this line of conversation is even more warranted and not just some “ritualistic” thing like your edit on that original comment says. TOR is 80% funded directly by the State department.

Now, yes many talented software people are out there but the governments of the world have some of the best and it would be in all of their best interests not to disclose a vulnerability in something they could use against someone. You’re either the USAs ally or someone that is against it, either of those options would make you not disclosing a vulnerability in your best interests.

So to automatically assume that software from a government that historically is against human and privacy rights is safe simply because it is open source is disingenuous.

That said, I still recommend TOR and I like it a lot. But I do not recommend trusting something simply because it is open source. Since this user wanted an in depth conversation on the topic I don’t feel like its “ritualistic purity” to disclose all that I said above.

It isn’t bad to be suspicious. If no one was, then open source wouldn’t even matter because no one would be wary enough to check.

I’m reminded of the backdoor the NSA placed in OpenSSL.

I love open source everything, but open source doesn’t just automatically mean “safer”.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24048343

Lol now gamepass is going to be $40/month in 3 months.

Look what you all made Microsoft do!!

In my opinion yes as long as you have one that is actually trustworthy. Mullvad comes to mind since it famously got raided and was found by authorities to keep zero logs like they promised.

Tor developers disagree but I think this is from the ideology that “it isn’t illegal to use Tor!!” Which is correct but it absolutely does make you a target in any of the 14 eyes countries and beyond.

Not even remotely close yet unfortunately.

I agree privacy is a right.

The government definitely disagrees though. So yes you should be wary of rawdogging a Tor connection, unfortunately

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Quality will go down for all 3 and now they’ll cancel even more shows before they complete.

FrEe MaRkEtS and all that bullshit.

Cops are badly out of control and weed should be allowed if someone chooses to do it but yes I agree that libertarianism is stupid.

“libertarians generally advocate for minimal government regulation, believing that businesses should operate freely and regulate themselves through voluntary exchange and competition. They argue that over-regulation can stifle innovation and economic growth.”

So in my opinion, they are dumbasses. Yeah let’s get the Nestles and Monsanto’s of the world to regulate themselves. Honestly just unserious people with no critical thinking skills in my opinion.

It takes you 17 hours to download a 30gb game? Not going to lie, its a bit suspicious how long firgirl repacks take to unpack. In my opinion.

Even a 100gb game should take at max 2-3 hours of download time

Also unzipping locally has never taken me 17hours. Maybe like, an hour tops if your machine isn’t the best.

I’m telling you its weird how her packs do that. You can get the same game on steamrip and it takes 30 mins to download and maybe 10-15 mins to unzip. So what the fuck is her installer doing then?