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Should I Exclude or Include for Split Tunneling for Proton VPN?


Ultimately, I only want to use Proton VPN for torrenting and seeding, while not using Proton VPN for browsing the internet, using Steam and Discord (essentially everything else).

For Split tunneling in Proton VPN, should I use Exclude Mode to exclude Chrome, Steam, Discord, etc., or should I just use Include Mode to include qbittorrent?

If I use Exclude Mode, will I need to add (exclude) my IP address, so that I'm using my IP address for everything other than torrenting/seeding? Also, if I am using Include Mode, I don't know if I need to manually add the IP from whatever country's IP I connected to.

Thank you.

in reply to Yourname942

If you only want to tunnel a few apps use include mode. Just add the torrent client to the app include list, bind to the VPN interface in your torrent client settings, and you should be good to go.
in reply to Yourname942

If you only want torrenting then include mode. Otherwise everything besides what you exclude is going to be going over the VPN which would be a pain in the ass to manage. You only need to add the torrent program itself. Make sure there isn't a separate program for the UI and the actual torrent service.


in reply to Skavau

This is the first time I have ever heard of MGM+. Are they really generating so much content that they needed their own platform?


Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Study Canceled For 330K Members


Launched in July 2023, Yubin Archive's popularity stemmed from its mission to "eliminate educational inequality" by providing copies of educational material to less well-off students in South Korea. Operating via Telegram, Yubin Archive had grown to over 330,000 members when its operator was arrested on Tuesday. The Ministry of Culture and Sport says others involved will be tracked down and given lessons in copyright law.


An internal Meta document shows its chatbots were allowed to engage in provocative conversations; Meta removed some examples, including romantic roleplay with kids


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Can’t pay, won’t pay: impoverished streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy


A decade and a half on from the Pirate Bay trial, the winds have begun to shift. On an unusually warm summer’s day, I sit with fellow film critics by the old city harbour, once a haven for merchants and, rumour has it, smugglers. Cold bigstrongs in hand (that’s what they call pints up here), they start venting about the “enshittification” of streaming – enshittification being the process by which platforms degrade their services and ultimately die in the pursuit of profit. Netflix now costs upwards of 199 SEK (£15), and you need more and more subscriptions to watch the same shows you used to find in one place. Most platforms now offer plans that, despite the fee, force advertisements on subscribers. Regional restrictions often compel users to use VPNs to access the full selection of available content. The average European household now spends close to €700 (£600) a year on three or more VOD subscriptions. People pay more and get less.

According to London‑based piracy monitoring and content‑protection firm MUSO, unlicensed streaming is the predominant source of TV and film piracy, accounting for 96% in 2023. Piracy reached a low in 2020, with 130bn website visits. But by 2024 that number had risen to 216bn. In Sweden, 25% of people surveyed reported pirating in 2024, a trend mostly driven by those aged 15 to 24. Piracy is back, just sailing under a different flag.

in reply to cm0002

The thing that drives me to piracy is the fact that you can buy something online, and if that platform loses the right, they just take it from you. You paid for it, and they can just take it away with no refund. Fuck that shit
in reply to That Weird Vegan

Yeah if i want something forever i buy it physical. I hate it when things only release on dvd though, then you're just making the best way to experience it is through piracy. It's kinda like with heavy drm on single player games. The pirates get to play the best version of the game without the drm and without needing to buy it. It's backwards. If you pay for something you should have the best version.
in reply to cm0002

They keep charging more and more for less and less content.
in reply to Bronzebeard

Too bad the Republican party is dead, replaced by the MAGA Party. They no longer follow ANY of the tenets that comprise the Republican Party - lower taxes, smaller government, family values, personal liberty, economic responsibility, national security, etc. - and so the MAGA Party is a fully separate entity.

All Conservatives are MAGAs now, and the MAGA Party supports treason, corruption, racism, misogyny, pedophilia, rape, election fraud, and evil. Conservatives support all these traits.

The Republican Party is as dead as the Whigs, and should only be referred to in an historical/ scholarly context.

in reply to Bronzebeard

They keep inflating over promises that never arrive no matter how many people you kill for in "exchange" for selling your sole. If you still think any of that made you busy, your forgot Ness,
in reply to Chakravanti

How much does a sole go for in today’s market anyway?
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in reply to Arcane2077

There is no such actual and real ability to remove any such from a person. It is a myth, used to create the delusuon of it being done. Gangs all the way up to the Military do a real, modern honest or at least candid (which is currently attempting the former from what the current change is to) rendition of what the old middle "evil" aged misunderstood original naming. More or less, an attempt to draw what ended up delusional. Current is much better and more accurate but the old end is attempting to be done again.

Money is as real as any soul leaving a person. Force can push in dimensions unseen but every soul can be stronger than every other dimension.

There's more but, meh...

"Markets" are the apex of the delusion that will destroy all life here soon.

So, I will not answer that with but the best rendition of reality I have thus far practiced to iterate well enough to build better understanding of the "matter."



Gaza death toll rises: 54 Palestinians killed, 831 wounded in 24 hours


Israeli forces have killed at least 54 Palestinians and wounded 831 others across Gaza in 24 hours, the Palestinian health ministry in the enclave has said.

The dead include 22 aid seekers, the ministry said on Telegram.

During the same period, at least four people have starved to death, bringing the toll of hunger-related deaths to 239, which includes 106 children, the ministry said.

Israel has killed at least 61,776 Palestinians and wounded 154,906 others since 7 October 2023, the ministry added.

The total number of aid seekers killed since May has reached 1,881, the statement said.



Hundreds of Former Israeli Spies Are Working in Big Tech, Database Shows


As of June 2025, over 1,400 veterans of Israeli intelligence are now working in U.S. tech—with 900 of those coming from Unit 8200 alone. That number comes from a database of people who publicly identify themselves as being both former Israeli intelligence officers and holding a job in U.S. tech on their LinkedIn profiles.

The database was assembled by an independent researcher, who is remaining anonymous for personal security and has dubbed the database the “Eagle Mission” influence network. The 1,400 people are self-identified veterans or active reserve members of Unit 8200, Israeli military intelligence, and the IDF Cyber Defense Directorate working in senior and mid-level engineering and security roles at major U.S. tech firms with offices in Israel, the U.S., and Europe. Drop Site crosschecked many of the records in the database for accuracy.

“This does not mean that every person who served in Unit 8200 is an Israeli spy looking to send classified data back to Tel Aviv,” the researcher emphasized. “But it does create a serious vulnerability. No other country has this kind of access to the American tech sector. We obsess over Chinese involvement in the tech industry and worry about corporate espionage, but Israeli penetration rarely gets mentioned.”

The global tech giant Microsoft is one of the most prominent employers of Unit 8200 alumni, employing roughly 250 veterans of the unit, alongside other major multinational companies including Nvidia, Meta, Google, Intel, and Apple, many of whom employ dozens of individuals drawn from the unit. Microsoft was recently revealed to have closely collaborated with Unit 8200 leadership on the creation of cloud services intended to store millions of private communications of Palestinians living under military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. Microsoft declined to comment.




Israel throws Palestinian children from rooftops during torture interrogation


Omar was seeking aid at an aid distribution site when Israeli soldiers encircled him and other aid-seekers, after opening fire on the crowd.

Omar was then interrogated and ordered to provide details of his family and relatives. Dissatisfied with Omar’s responses, the interrogator subjected Omar to torture.

Omar was brought to the roof of the building and tied to a rope, where he was left hanging upside down for an extended period. Later, the interrogator released the rope, causing Omar to plummet to the ground, dropping the height of roughly five floors before the rope became taut again, stopping his fall about half a meter (20 inches) above the ground, where he was left suspended for approximately 20 minutes.

The torture caused Omar to urinate, as he was left struggling to breathe and suffocating. “It felt as though I was teetering on the brink of death,” recalled Omar.

https://www.dci-palestine.org/palestinian_child_seeking_aid_tortured_in_israeli_military_detention_camp

in reply to geneva_convenience

What happens when you dehumanize people. If you fail to recognize the dignity inherent in all people you can excuse grievous shit like this.


Israel throws Palestinian children from rooftops during torture interrogation


Omar was seeking aid at an aid distribution site when Israeli soldiers encircled him and other aid-seekers, after opening fire on the crowd.

Omar was then interrogated and ordered to provide details of his family and relatives. Dissatisfied with Omar’s responses, the interrogator subjected Omar to torture.

Omar was brought to the roof of the building and tied to a rope, where he was left hanging upside down for an extended period. Later, the interrogator released the rope, causing Omar to plummet to the ground, dropping the height of roughly five floors before the rope became taut again, stopping his fall about half a meter (20 inches) above the ground, where he was left suspended for approximately 20 minutes.

The torture caused Omar to urinate, as he was left struggling to breathe and suffocating. “It felt as though I was teetering on the brink of death,” recalled Omar.

https://www.dci-palestine.org/palestinian_child_seeking_aid_tortured_in_israeli_military_detention_camp

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Vegan Crunchy Wrap - Old Wild West 🌯🍟


L'ho appena ordinato tramite #Deliveroo e me lo stanno portando in #bicicletta (così è 100% ecologica la consegna) e ho usato un buono da 5€ + la consegna gratuita così pagando solo per il menù 7.59€ :grin: :call_me_hand: L'avevo già provato l'anno scors

L'ho appena ordinato tramite #Deliveroo e me lo stanno portando in #bicicletta (così è 100% ecologica la consegna) e ho usato un buono da 5€ + la consegna gratuita così pagando solo per il menù 7.59€ :grin: :call_me_hand:

L'avevo già provato l'anno scorso ma non ricordo come fosse, voi l'avete provato?

Di solito mangiate vegan da queste catene di fast food?

Qui la foto: 1000135959.png :relaxed: 🌯

#vegan #OldWildWest #veganfood #bici #wrap #govegan #Rome #Roma



Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 17th August 2025


Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.


Previous week


Stubsack: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 10th August 2025


Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.


(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)


in reply to David Gerard

Iris van-Rooij found AI slop in the wild (determining it as such by how it mangled a word's definition) and went on find multiple other cases. She's written a blog post about this, titled "AI slop and the destruction of knowledge".
in reply to BlueMonday1984

choice quote from Elsevier's response:

Q. Have authors consented to these hyperlinks in their scientific articles?
Yes, it is included on the signed agreement between the author and Elsevier.

Q. If I were to publish my work with Elsevier, do I risk that hyperlinks to AI summaries will be added to my papers without my consent?
Yes, because you will need to sign an agreement with Elsevier.


consent, everyone!

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Since when does infomaniak's swisstransfer.com require an email adress for download links and what are the alternatives?


Switched to swisstransfer instead of wetransfer some time ago, but now I have to give them my email every time I want to create a link with data to download. No good development of infomaniak... Any alternatives to swisstransfer?
in reply to Petersson

Proton Drive and Bitwarden Premium have file sending features as well.


Arkane Devs Call For Microsoft To Stop Working With Israel


Developers at Arkane Studios in France have called on their parent company, Microsoft, to stop supporting Israel during its ongoing war in Gaza, which a UN Special Committee said was "consistent with the characteristics of genocide."

The open letter published online (via Game Developer) is addressed to the "heads of Zenimax, Microsoft Gaming and the overall Microsoft group." It says that the ongoing situation in Gaza and Microsoft's work with Israel could "affect our reputation and work" and asks Microsoft to take the "appropriate measure" to resolve it.

It joins the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) movement, which has set Microsoft as a priority target of its boycott. BDS specifically mentions Microsoft's gaming division and Game Pass among its boycott targets.

in reply to geneva_convenience

Stop making crappy unoptimized games instead of crying to Microshit daddy.



Holocaust survivor Gabor Maté: Gaza genocide 'the worst thing I've seen in my whole life.'




Why BBC editors must one day stand trial for colluding in Israel's genocide






Melania Trump demands Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to Jeffrey Epstein


Melania Trump has demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and has threatened to sue if he does not.

Biden, the son of the former president Joe Biden, alleged in an interview this month that Epstein introduced the first lady to Donald Trump.

The statements were false, defamatory and “extremely salacious,” Melania Trump’s lawyer, Alejandro Brito, said in a letter to Biden. Biden’s remarks were widely disseminated on social media and reported by media outlets around the world, causing the first lady “to suffer overwhelming financial and reputational harm,” he added.

Biden made the Epstein comments during a sprawling interview with the British journalist Andrew Callaghan in which he lashed out at “elites” and others in the Democratic party who he said undermined his father before he dropped out of last year’s presidential campaign.

#USA


Can’t pay, won’t pay: impoverished streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy


A decade and a half on from the Pirate Bay trial, the winds have begun to shift. On an unusually warm summer’s day, I sit with fellow film critics by the old city harbour, once a haven for merchants and, rumour has it, smugglers. Cold bigstrongs in hand (that’s what they call pints up here), they start venting about the “enshittification” of streaming – enshittification being the process by which platforms degrade their services and ultimately die in the pursuit of profit. Netflix now costs upwards of 199 SEK (£15), and you need more and more subscriptions to watch the same shows you used to find in one place. Most platforms now offer plans that, despite the fee, force advertisements on subscribers. Regional restrictions often compel users to use VPNs to access the full selection of available content. The average European household now spends close to €700 (£600) a year on three or more VOD subscriptions. People pay more and get less.

According to London‑based piracy monitoring and content‑protection firm MUSO, unlicensed streaming is the predominant source of TV and film piracy, accounting for 96% in 2023. Piracy reached a low in 2020, with 130bn website visits. But by 2024 that number had risen to 216bn. In Sweden, 25% of people surveyed reported pirating in 2024, a trend mostly driven by those aged 15 to 24. Piracy is back, just sailing under a different flag.

in reply to geneva_convenience

Lets not forget the BS when Shows are only partially available, like only Season 1-5,8-12 and so on. Not only is it expensive but also a shitty service with shitty quality and experience.


YouTube’s AI Tracks Everything You Watch — Stop This Now


Who is impacted?

Millions of YouTube users—especially teens and adults—will soon be affected by a new AI-based age detection system launching August 13th. This system analyzes your entire watch history and behavior to estimate your age, overriding the age you've set on your account. If the system thinks you're underage, you'll be locked out of content unless you upload your government-issued ID—putting your personal information at serious risk.

What is at stake?

This isn’t just about age restriction—it’s about mass surveillance and data control. Similar measures are spreading fast: the UK’s Online Safety Act has already led to censorship and demands for ID. In Australia, YouTube is being restricted for those under 16. Spotify is now requiring ID in some regions. Games are being banned from Steam and itch.io. This pattern—justified as “protecting kids”—is being used to normalize invasive tracking and limit freedom online.

Why is now the time to act?

This policy goes into effect on August 13th, and we cannot allow YouTube to quietly implement AI surveillance that violates privacy and autonomy. Once these systems are normalized, they rarely go away—they expand. If we don't speak up now, we risk losing our ability to browse, create, and enjoy content freely. This is about more than YouTube. This is about digital freedom.

I don't know about you, but I don't want AI and companies tracking everything I do, with all my personal information going who knows where. This is an attempt to acquire user data, and blatant censorship hidden behind a thin veil of ''protect the kids!'' We cannot allow this to escalate further.

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‘Censorship’: over 115 scholars condemn cancellation of Harvard journal issue on Palestine


More than 120 education scholars have condemned the cancellation of an entire issue of an academic journal dedicated to Palestine by a Harvard University publisher as “censorship”.

In an open letter published on Thursday, the scholars denounced the abrupt scrapping of a special issue of the Harvard Educational Review – which was first revealed by the Guardian in July – as an “attempt to silence the academic examination of the genocide, starvation and dehumanisation of Palestinian people by the state of Israel and its allies.”

The writers note that the issue’s censorship is also an example of “anti-Palestinian discrimination, obstructing the dissemination of knowledge on Palestine at the height of the genocide in Gaza”.


in reply to geneva_convenience

This would be even more powerful with sources provided, but for now I will assume it is correct on face value; I am appalled by the handling of all this by our leaders. Only when a fraction of the people of Palestine are still alive, have politicians began to speak up, all at once, as if they were given a green light from somewhere(one). The whole situation stinks like hell on earth.

Apologies will not suffice to amend what our leaders have permitted to happen these days. Darkest times, I truly wish and lightly hope, that those primarily responsible will be held to account. Those who supported it, but did not actively participate, re-educated on the simple fact: Why it is NEVER, EVER, OK to kill another, for difference of belief.

in reply to Angelusz

The Patten report actually debunked Hamas rape as a weapon of war ,and stated that at most random rapes could have happened. It called for an investigation into that which Israel blocked.

Here's a great article debunking the Israeli written Dinah report which the UN is somehow using as official material:

Rape hoax redux: Debunking the latest relaunch of a genocidal atrocity propaganda lie
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Hundreds of Former Israeli Spies Are Working in Big Tech, Database Shows


In late July, the U.S. cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks (PANW) announced that it had acquired the Israeli identity management and information security firm CyberArk, paying a staggering $25 billion dollars worth of cash and stock to purchase the firm.

Palo Alto is one of the world’s largest cybersecurity firms, and provides infrastructure protection, firewalls, and cloud security services to tens of thousands of companies internationally.

Udi Mokady, CyberArk’s founder and executive chairman, is an alum of Unit 8200, the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate’s elite signals intelligence division. So are the four co-founders of Wiz: the Israeli cloud computing firm recently bought by Google for $32 billion. So, too, is Palo Alto’s Founder and Chief Technology Officer Nir Zuk.

“These acquisitions are a way to take people from Unit 8200 in Israel, and bring them into influential positions in the U.S. tech industry,” said Paul Biggar, founder of the tech startups CircleCI and Darklang and head of the activist group Tech for Palestine. “These companies handle their customers' customer data. If you are a bank, and you are using Palo Alto Networks, the data about all your customers, and their transactions, are passing through servers that are controlled by spies, or former spies.”

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'We Are Being Cooked Alive': Wildfires Driven by Climate Crisis Ravage Europe


As wildfires rage across southern Europe, claiming lives and displacing thousands, leaders are pointing to the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis.


Archived version: archive.is/newest/commondreams…


Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.








Netanyahu Says He’s “Very” Invested in Idea of “Greater Israel” to Conquer Large Swaths of Middle East


“Greater Israel” is an extremist ideology for Israel to conquer Palestine as well as parts of numerous other countries.


Archived version: archive.is/newest/truthout.org…


Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.






How War Became Israel’s New Normal


It is a mistake to think that Benjamin Netanyahu is solely responsible for Israel’s genocide or that removing him would bring it to an end. To win support for war, he has mobilized large swathes of Israeli society, from liberals to the far right.


Archived version: archive.is/newest/jacobin.com/…


Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.


in reply to BrikoX

Funny that it basically raises Fediverse as the the solution without actually mentioning it...