On Mon, 10 Mar 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:
D <nospam@example.net> writes:
On Sat, 8 Mar 2025, Marco Moock wrote:
On 07.03.2025 22:40 Uhr Salvador Mirzo wrote:
I probably shouldn't be asking, but I've always wondered why do people >>>>> use binary groups for. I could understand it back when the web didn't >>>>> exist, but I can't see the point of it today. Would you explain?
IIRC it is being used to distribute files, movies etc.
What would be the advantages over say... torrenting?
Yeah---call me clueless, but I still don't get it. Is anonimity what
people are after in downloading from binary groups? I can't see how a
TCP connection to NNTP would be more anonymous than a TCP connection to
any other service.
I think I received a good argument. In some jurisdictions downloading is legal, while uploading is illegal. So with torrenting, you also upload, which makes it illegal. With nntp, you only download, without uploading,
so that would be ok in some jurisdictions.
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