PDFdrive is an okay website, but it's very weak in regards to finding books, especially because it specializes in PDFs, which are very bad for reading. They're meant for documents, not books. But in general, the books you find there are messy and inconsistent. You're much better off going with a place like libgen.gs.
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2023
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Noob question: How would I go about vetting the links/downloads?
Also, how do I safely download from these sites? I've been using a VPN (mullvad) for a couple years now, but is that enough?
I'm pretty tech savvy but I have never needed to download, but I just don't want to install origin, Uplay, EA, or any other launcher to play a single player game and tbh I don't want to support those companies at all
Also, how do I safely download from these sites?
I thought there was a mirror on lemmy for r/piracy's spectacular megathread but I don't see it. Rough guides from a semi-noob:
Direct download:
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TOR with Ublock Origin add-on
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After downloading your file, upload it to virustotal.com and scan it. If it passes you're probably pretty safe.
Torrent:
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Find and copy your file magnet in TOR.
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Turn on VPN.
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Open qbittorrent with your connection bound to your VPN's network.
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Paste your magnet link when it prompts you and download.
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Once it's done downloading, upload it to virustotal to scan it.
Why could you not just find the magnet link with VPN on? Just trying to understand why that should be done via TOR
There's controversy over whether VPN + TOR is a good combo. Some say it's an added layer of anonymity, others say it could be decreasing anonymity because your VPN could be logging your traffic. Some also say the two don't mesh well. But honestly the juries out so everyone should probably come to their own conclusion
I’ve just always been of the mindset that pirating is so low on the feds radar that even if a VPN is tracking or even if they’re a honeypot it’s not like the government agencies are going to expose that by coming after some low level pirate. That said I’m not super active anymore and I always look for VPN’s who at least claim to not track.
Torrents 🤢🤢🤢... I'm surprised people still use them without going through I2P.
I've heard bflix has the movie+tv show goodies.
Real Debrid is also a game changer
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