• U.S. Bans Foreign Made Routers

    From Kill Switch@system@shutdown.com to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cyberpunk.tech,news.software.nntp on Fri Mar 27 22:48:32 2026
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    It's a brilliant thing for us the Americans to start build our country again.

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/24Ns6jYCZJA

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  • From Do not click on spamvertised youtube links@keep.usenet@spam.free to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cyberpunk.tech,news.software.nntp on Sat Mar 28 02:33:49 2026
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    Kill Switch <system@shutdown.com> wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/[snipped]

    Youtube spammer again spamvertises its Youtube channel to make money.

    Do not click on spamvertised Youtube links.
    And do not repost its spamvertised URL in full.

    ... for us the Americans ...

    It also claims to be Tuta, which is based in Germany.
    See MID <caddac268b6d9d09ae9f336550775063@m2usenet.local>

    Injection-Info: sewer.dizum.com - 2001::1/128

    Spam-friendly news server.

    Newsgroups: alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cyberpunk.tech,news.software.nntp Xref: num alt.privacy.anon-server:257348 alt.cyberpunk.tech:1597 news.software.nntp:25163

    If your newsreader can do so, killfile this spammer on its crossposts
    (Xref or Newsgroups headers). This spammer has more nyms than a dog has
    fleas.

    Some of the spammer's many nyms:
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  • From Nomen Nescio@nobody@dizum.com to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cyberpunk.tech,news.software.nntp on Sat Mar 28 05:44:20 2026
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    In article <18a0e09fbe960387$562$2607234$4016de43@news.newsgroupdirect.com>
    Do not click on spamvertised youtube links <keep.usenet@spam.free> wrote:

    Flush.

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  • From Nomen Nescio@nobody@dizum.com to alt.cyberpunk.tech,alt.privacy.anon-server,news.software.nntp on Wed Apr 22 08:01:46 2026
    From Newsgroup: news.software.nntp

    On 27 Mar 2026, Kill Switch <system@shutdown.com> posted some news:d617cf824517898f0bfa166d@noreply.invalid:

    It's a brilliant thing for us the Americans to start build our country
    again.

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/24Ns6jYCZJA

    Who makes them in the US?

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  • From John McCue@jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cyberpunk.tech,news.software.nntp on Thu Apr 23 15:04:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: news.software.nntp

    In news.software.nntp Kill Switch <system@shutdown.com> wrote:
    It's a brilliant thing for us the Americans to start build our country again.

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/24Ns6jYCZJA


    Netgear routers are no longer banned, no matter where
    they are made:

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/fcc-exempts-netgear-from-ban-on-foreign-routers-doesnt-explain-why/
    --
    [t]csh(1) - "An elegant shell, for a more... civilized age."
    - Paraphrasing Star Wars
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  • From Steve Silverwood [KB6OJS]@steve.silverwood@gmail.com to news.software.nntp on Thu Apr 23 16:13:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: news.software.nntp

    On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:04:47 -0000 (UTC), John McCue
    <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    In news.software.nntp Kill Switch <system@shutdown.com> wrote:
    It's a brilliant thing for us the Americans to start build our country again.

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/24Ns6jYCZJA


    Netgear routers are no longer banned, no matter where
    they are made:

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/fcc-exempts-netgear-from-ban-on-foreign-routers-doesnt-explain-why/

    Interesting that Netgear was given an exemption but the FCC didn't
    explain the REASON why they were exempted.

    When I first read about the ban, there was a list of several router manufacturers listed, and out of all of them only Starlink was marked
    as made in the US. Naturally....
    --
    //Steve//
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  • From mrcoffee@mrcoffeeusenet@protonmail.com to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cyberpunk.tech,news.software.nntp on Tue May 5 17:13:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: news.software.nntp

    On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:48:32 +0000, Kill Switch wrote:

    It's a brilliant thing for us the Americans to start build our country
    again.

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/24Ns6jYCZJA

    This is all the more reason to build your own router. I'm using an
    Thinkcenter M720q as they're quite expandable.
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  • From Anonymous@nobody@yamn.paranoici.org to alt.cyberpunk.tech,alt.privacy.anon-server,news.software.nntp on Wed May 6 21:02:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: news.software.nntp

    From what I have read, youtubers do not get paid for likes and
    comments. They are continuously asking for likes and comments because
    they are attention freaks who thrive on statistics. I should think
    that if someone clicks on the youtube advertiment that pops in before
    their video starts, that they might get paid from that. I personally
    am sick of the devious statements they try to use on people to get them
    to like and make a comment. This usually entails saying something like
    "I want to hear where your are listening from" or asking people to make
    a comment as to a question they ask they viewers in the 'peanut galley' (referencing the children sitting in a small side gallery while filming
    the 1950s Houdy Doody Show). I never reply and very rarely click the
    up check box.

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  • From Nomen Nescio@nobody@dizum.com to alt.cyberpunk.tech, alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.internet.services.google, news.software.nntp on Thu May 7 12:16:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: news.software.nntp

    On 06 May 2026, Anonymous <nobody@yamn.paranoici.org> posted some news:20260506.210205.d6a6d980@yamn.paranoici.org:

    From what I have read, youtubers do not get paid for likes and
    comments. They are continuously asking for likes and comments because
    they are attention freaks who thrive on statistics. I should think
    that if someone clicks on the youtube advertiment that pops in before
    their video starts, that they might get paid from that. I personally
    am sick of the devious statements they try to use on people to get them
    to like and make a comment. This usually entails saying something like
    "I want to hear where your are listening from" or asking people to make
    a comment as to a question they ask they viewers in the 'peanut galley' (referencing the children sitting in a small side gallery while filming
    the 1950s Houdy Doody Show). I never reply and very rarely click the
    up check box.

    YouTube's AI has totally fucked up the experience.

    Why should I have to see two ads to listen to a three minute song that has another AD pop up halfway through it for a total of three ads?

    Another thing to piss you off. YouTube has random videos auto-playing as
    soon as the app is opened - some of them screaming and making loud noises. Whenever it does that, I vote down the next ten videos I see.

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  • From bad sector@forgetski@_INVALID.net to alt.cyberpunk.tech,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.internet.services.google,news.software.nntp on Thu May 7 07:13:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: news.software.nntp

    On 5/7/26 6:16 AM, Nomen Nescio wrote:
    On 06 May 2026, Anonymous <nobody@yamn.paranoici.org> posted some news:20260506.210205.d6a6d980@yamn.paranoici.org:

    From what I have read, youtubers do not get paid for likes and
    comments. They are continuously asking for likes and comments because
    they are attention freaks who thrive on statistics. I should think
    that if someone clicks on the youtube advertiment that pops in before
    their video starts, that they might get paid from that. I personally
    am sick of the devious statements they try to use on people to get them
    to like and make a comment. This usually entails saying something like
    "I want to hear where your are listening from" or asking people to make
    a comment as to a question they ask they viewers in the 'peanut galley'
    (referencing the children sitting in a small side gallery while filming
    the 1950s Houdy Doody Show). I never reply and very rarely click the
    up check box.

    YouTube's AI has totally fucked up the experience.

    Why should I have to see two ads to listen to a three minute song that has another AD pop up halfway through it for a total of three ads?

    Another thing to piss you off. YouTube has random videos auto-playing as soon as the app is opened - some of them screaming and making loud noises. Whenever it does that, I vote down the next ten videos I see.

    Nothing like volume taking off at eardrum limits late at night, there
    should be laws against that. I left the tube ()they shut me down) but
    rumble is no better.


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  • From Fritz Wuehler@fritz@spamexpire-202605.rodent.frell.theremailer.net to alt.cyberpunk.tech, alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.internet.services.google, news.software.nntp on Thu May 7 20:06:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: news.software.nntp

    From what I have read, youtubers do not get paid for likes and
    comments. They are continuously asking for likes and comments
    because
    they are attention freaks who thrive on statistics. I should think
    that if someone clicks on the youtube advertiment that pops in
    before
    their video starts, that they might get paid from that. I
    personally
    am sick of the devious statements they try to use on people to get
    them
    to like and make a comment. This usually entails saying something
    like
    "I want to hear where your are listening from" or asking people to
    make
    a comment as to a question they ask they viewers in the 'peanut
    galley'
    (referencing the children sitting in a small side gallery while
    filming
    the 1950s Houdy Doody Show). I never reply and very rarely click
    the
    up check box.

    YouTube's AI has totally fucked up the experience.

    Why should I have to see two ads to listen to a three minute song
    that has
    another AD pop up halfway through it for a total of three ads?

    Another thing to piss you off. YouTube has random videos
    auto-playing as
    soon as the app is opened - some of them screaming and making loud
    noises.
    Whenever it does that, I vote down the next ten videos I see.

    The thing I hate the most is youtube requiring you to login to view anything. The login window says it is to prove that you are not a bot.
    That is not what they are doing that for. They want to track you and
    sell you data. I have gotten around this login evil, but don't ask me
    how. If people start doing it everywhere, youtube will find a way to
    block me and everyone else.

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