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Anyone still using Usenet newsgroups? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Xepher@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Read this Register article today and was wondering if anyone here still use Usenet newsgroups? And if so, what are your top recommended newgroups to subscribe to?

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is what I never understood. Also how can this not lead to issues being compromised downloading illegal stuff from your service provider who knows exactly which customer has which IP at which time?

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Great point. You do have to put a LOT of trust in that service provider.

[–] netburnr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Because all you are downloading is a bunch of encrypted data, they can't tell for certain what you are downloading.