Oh you sweet summer child.

gestures at my entire uni classroom, in which nearly all the people I know have RGB peripherals and computers at home

• Destroy the internet with AI and then take me to the Internet, so I can satisfy my dopamine-addicted braincell

Yakuza branch? I want to know more, I hate Nintendo.

Are you talking about speed or the amount of data you can transfer? If the speed is unlimited then oh boy, gonna move to Mexico :)

Didn’t think about that. Thanks for pointing it out!

Very good solution. However, what benefit does the user get by formatting the drive every time a new game is to be installed? I mean, the thing already doesn’t have internet access and no important data is on the drive anyway. Am I missing something?

That’s more like “TerribleTerrible”

Or the personal information they gather

Me downloading this meme knowing it will end up unlooked at, just like the hundreds of memes before it.

Agreed. Whenever I encrypt stuff in bulk, I usually do it purely for archiving purposes and tar seems to be the most battle-tested archiving thingie

tar | gpg.

I’m pretty sure there are “better” ways. Can someone please recommend?

I agree I should have phrased that better. Something like a “secret agent following you wherever you go” maybe?

That nearly everyone is carrying a tracking device with them, designed to disguise itself as a convenient entertainment device.

And here I thought I was decent in Math… Thank you for the explanation :)

How?

This. I tried to self-host Piped and it was a PITA. I am experienced in self-hosting but setting it up behind a reverse proxy was next to impossible and basically no guides exist.

*dumb house.

The only way

100% IF IT’S PROPRIETARY. If the thing is FOSS, you can verify if that’s the case.

Speaking from your friend’s experience amirite ;)

I have no idea if the gamers installing it are “unaware” (I never played such a game), however it’s still a shitty practice. The average Joe has no idea what the hell a rootkit is and it’s predatory to exploit this. Also, no game should install rootkits. For the love of god, it’s a videogame.