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Re:U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issue... by bawolff on Friday September 27, 2024 @04:52AM (#41667827)
We're are talking about PDFs. A few mb usually. The speed hit of tor is probably fine. Also its a text book. Most users probably find some download latency acceptable.

I imagine the real reason is normies dont have tor installed.

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Re:U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issue... by cudgy on Friday September 27, 2024 @07:26AM (#41669059)
Not a fan of the term “normies” but as a Tor “normie” isn’t Tor traffic identifiable and wouldn’t using it make it easier for authorities to focus on you?
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Re:U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issue... by bawolff on Friday September 27, 2024 @01:10PM (#41673074)
Yes, but in most western juridsictions using tor is acceptable so that is fine.

There are ways to disguise traffic (onfuscated bridges) but those are always going to be an arms race.

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