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Re:Z-Library Returns on the Clearnet in Full Hydra-Mode by voldacar on Monday February 13, 2023 @06:06PM (#34782271)
How are they able to afford so many domain names? And what stops the state from just asking the domain registrar for the details of who purchased the domains? Besides, there are only so many domain registrars in the world, eventually you will lose the ability to purchase new domains

And if the actual web server is behind a service like cloudflare, the state can just ask cloudflare for the IP of the real server, then ask the datacenter who owns the server at IP x ...

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Re:Z-Library Returns on the Clearnet in Full Hydra-Mode by Run_DOS_Run on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @01:45AM (#34786241)
>what stops the state from just asking the domain registrar for the details of who purchased the domains

Some domain registrars don't ask for your personal data and the registrars who ask for it won't verify them.

>then ask the datacenter who owns the server at IP x ...

Many datacenters in China and Russia doesn't care about some warez and if the zlib staff pays over Tor with cryptocurrencies the datacenter also don't know who rents the server

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Re:Z-Library Returns on the Clearnet in Full Hydra-Mode by x-desire on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @10:19AM (#34790526)
Users don't actually get a personalized domain for each account, only a subdomain.
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