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If anyone knows of any decentralized p2p image boards or similar options for anonymized chat, let people know about them and help share them. We need the word to go out.

 >>/78649/
Also, anons should also consider going back to PHYSICAL MEDIA, not just offline digital backups although it's good to have a mix of both. Also think Bluerays, DVDs, CDs and vinyl records. Magnetic media is a pain and can be hit or miss when it comes to long term storage but you choose, it also is an option. I have a some of everything, including offline digital copies on multiple external HHDs.

 >>/78651/
Magnetic media is fine if you have backups. Always use the 3,2,1 backup method at the very least. Honestly solid state is also a bit iffy, I've had more solid state drives fail on me than hard drives. Every medium has it's flaws which is why you need to diversify.

 >>/78652/
When I said magnetic I actually meant older magnetic tape technologies like video and audio cassettes (if you choose to collect physical media as well).

When it comes to magnetic discs for HHDs I agree with you, they are much more resilient long-term than SSDs and I have had far more luck with those remaining in good condition over the years.

In general the last 12 years I have been building up my physical and digital collections, having tons of media, many both stored on physical copies and in offline digital storage too. The best way to reserve media is to have multiple duplicate backups on various mediums and NONE of them that rely on third parties or "the cloud".

This will break the internet and social media giants will stand to lose about 50% of their current user base. Hopefully the Linux community (or rogue programmers) designs and pioneers some decentralized alternative breakthrough web browser/client similar to I2P or Tor where users can create an alternative to the corporatized world wide web that won't have and can't enforce the age verification/digital ID bullshit. I won't be using any of that shit. I won't ever use a smartphone either.

SimpleX Network is a platform designed to enhance privacy and security in online communications by allowing users to control their data and run their own infrastructure. It operates on a packet routing network that protects user identities and metadata, making it distinct from traditional centralized platforms. SimpleX Network was created to solve several problems of the Web: sovereignty and ownership.

https://simplexnetwork.org/

 >>/78693/
SimpleX protects the privacy of your profile, contacts and metadata, hiding it from SimpleX network servers and any observers. Unlike any other existing messaging network, SimpleX has no identifiers assigned to the users — not even random numbers.

https://simplex.chat/messaging/

Anonymous downloads with strong encryption, onion routing and hidden seeding. Uses a custom Tor-like network.

Tribler is Open Source and non-profit.

Tribler includes search. You can find a lot of videos without any web site. We try to make Tribler impossible to censor and hard to kill.

https://tribler.org/

Why do so many normies not even care about this or the fact our government wants to break the internet and turn it into a hyper-police state digital prison? Do normies have any clue what this will do to their ability to stay anonymous and safe on the web? Do they realize lots of people will cease to use social media because they don't want to literally dox themselves just to chat on platforms? Do they even care the freedom of internet privacy might become a thing of the past, like every other luxury freedom we once enjoyed that is now dead today? How bad does the world have to get for normies to get pissed off and do something?

 >>/78743/
because they're easily fooled thinking its a good thing but don't know the major implications of their privacy disappearing.

 >>/78651/
How would I burn my steam games into a disk

 >>/78678/
Tor doesnt let me access most onion links, how do i do that

 >>/78743/
These are the same anarkiddies that complain about the police state btw

These laws don't need to exist when retards already post everything about their lives on social media.

 >>/78919/
You would have to have an emulator for Steam and roms for the games, that is if such software exists for Steam fans. Emulators and roms exist for all kinds of other consoles and games today. You just download and collect them, back them up, store offline copies. You can check archives like Vimm's Lair.

 >>/78929/
Honestly the internet seems pretty much dead today anyway. Other than watching some Youtube and Rumble videos, file sharing and shit posting on the dark corners of the internet I don't use it for much else. I'm certainly not going to use platforms that want my face scanned asking for my ID just to post something, fuck that.

 >>/78649/
i would've downloaded or backup all my medias if it weren't for the storageslop issue, and risking losing accounts full of yearly-made stuff; which nearly made me give up on archiving altogether. 

however thanks for the warning OP i will keep in mind that I will NEVER, EVER give an ID to any government or surveillance, for as long as I live.

the same ppl that voted and liked the eurocentric nazi shit are COMPLAINING about the fact that in their WEBSITE related to VR worlds the ppl MUST identify themselves .. that's hilarious.

 >>/78934/
It is expensive but you can get 8TB, 12TB even 16TB magnetic SATA external drives. You'll of-course always want some spare backups with copies of all your files because if one drive ever crashes or gets corrupted you don't want to lose all those files, you best have the same files stored elsewhere offline. Mirror drives essentially. Yes you are going to pay money for it, it is an investment, but consider this: do you want physical ownership of media or not?

The other alternative route, which I also do, is collecting my favorite movies and classic TV shows on DVDs and box sets. Vinyl records and CDs for my favorite music. Stereos and multi-media players (like those made by Crosley) are still affordable last time I checked. DVD & Bluray players you can find at any Goodwill, thrift shop or garage/yard sale, or perhaps Ebay. Same with all the physical media.

That said I do not recommend any cassette technology, it might be a hip trend with young people today but I can't tell you how many times my cassettes have gotten eaten up, humidity got to them and ruined them, they get warped easily over time and go bad, sometimes long term storage the magnetic tapes just get hard and crumble apart. Video and audio cassettes are a total waste of money in my opinion, you'll end up throwing it out sometimes before you use the damn things.

 >>/78937/
Who ever said the gestapo cared about your privacy? Yah the whole VR big-tech worship shit glows in the dark, totally agree.

 >>/78649/
Its because they dont want kids to see mommies or daddies leaked onlyfans seeing how accountability doesnt exist anymore for most woman OR people.