Ya'll are going through one of the worst situations I could imagine, but I'm confident you will figure it out and come out better for it. Keep your heads up. (P.S. - Sorry about the scat, lol)
The definition of a "reply guy" in these comments seems to just make it a rebranding of the word we've used for them forever, trolls. Y'all are free to block trolls on most platforms.
Anyone who doesn't want genuine replies or advice can simply avoid posting in a public forum. That has been how it is since the inception of the internet and how it will continue to be.
Maybe, it's definitely a possibility. What's weird is the original uploader (https://1337x.to/user/VitaminX/) remains unaffected and users were reporting this up to 3 days before it was taken down with very compelling evidence - the miner was barely hidden and only when it blew up on Reddit was any action taken.
It only goes up to yesterday, so some of the recent comments (especially from mods) are missing - but this should provide sufficient evidence. That being said, comments from Ex0duS5150 are present, indicating mods were aware of the listing early on.
This is undeniable proof that malware was uploaded (and 1337x mods themselves admitted it was malware in the Reddit response), yet VitaminX remains unaffected on the site: https://1337x.to/user/VitaminX/
Also, to be clear, there is no evidence one way or the other that 1337x mods took a share of the money - not what anyone here really cares about anyways. What's being put under scrutiny is the fact that they defended a listing which was clearly malware only until it gained attention on Reddit and similar.
I think there’s been comments calling out the malware that have been deleted, possibly by the admins. In addition the infected torrentes stayed up for a long while (not sure if they still are or not)
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Haven’t seen any evidence of either of those things though…
Can you see how I would misunderstand what you were talking about here?
They admit the listing existed in that statement, and there are easily accessible records of 1337x mods defending the listing prior to its deletion (such as the comment I had also provided in my post). You may need to re-read it?
They appear to be implying that it was only checked, verified to be malware and deleted... after the listing was vigorously defended by mods and users complaining that it was malware were banned. Very odd.
EDIT: Found an archived copy of the listing before it was taken down by 1337x mods. Includes some comments (up to yesterday).
User comments provide proof that malware was uploaded (and 1337x mods themselves admitted it was malware in the Reddit response), yet VitaminX remains unaffected on the site: https://1337x.to/user/VitaminX/
There are preserved comments from the 1337x mods, such as:
Ex0duS5150: the next user posting, "Trojan found" is getting the ban hammer. Stop it with the n00bishness. this torrent is not dirty if you dont know what your doing stop DLing torrents.
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IGGGAMESCOM: @Ex0duS5150: thank you so much for this reassurance buddy, now I can breathe a sigh of relief instead of having to "fight" with those guys, lol.
Ya'll are going through one of the worst situations I could imagine, but I'm confident you will figure it out and come out better for it. Keep your heads up. (P.S. - Sorry about the scat, lol)
No, like the peanut butter brand Jif.
Easy deploy makes it very simple, just basic Linux knowledge is needed: https://github.com/ubergeek77/Lemmy-Easy-Deploy
Fortunately, they don't need to! There are dozens of small open instances, and joining any of them helps the current centralization situation.
I run my own as well, feel free to make a post over in !selfhosted@lemmy.world if you have any issues!
A Mastodon alternative apparently. Seems they haven't implemented ActivityPub yet? I'll stay away.
The definition of a "reply guy" in these comments seems to just make it a rebranding of the word we've used for them forever, trolls. Y'all are free to block trolls on most platforms.
Anyone who doesn't want genuine replies or advice can simply avoid posting in a public forum. That has been how it is since the inception of the internet and how it will continue to be.
The more I look at this, the more I doubt an AI was involved. Too many aspects of the clothing, body, etc are just way too consistent.
I've been warning people that Google making up their own web standards will end in disaster, for years.
Maybe, it's definitely a possibility. What's weird is the original uploader (https://1337x.to/user/VitaminX/) remains unaffected and users were reporting this up to 3 days before it was taken down with very compelling evidence - the miner was barely hidden and only when it blew up on Reddit was any action taken.
Absolutely. It took a bit of digging, but I found an archive with some of the comments: https://web.archive.org/web/20230805153327/https://www.1337x.to/torrent/5753101/Baldurs-Gate-3-GOG-Digital-Deluxe-Edition-Multi13-Baldur-s/
It only goes up to yesterday, so some of the recent comments (especially from mods) are missing - but this should provide sufficient evidence. That being said, comments from Ex0duS5150 are present, indicating mods were aware of the listing early on.
This is undeniable proof that malware was uploaded (and 1337x mods themselves admitted it was malware in the Reddit response), yet VitaminX remains unaffected on the site: https://1337x.to/user/VitaminX/
Also, to be clear, there is no evidence one way or the other that 1337x mods took a share of the money - not what anyone here really cares about anyways. What's being put under scrutiny is the fact that they defended a listing which was clearly malware only until it gained attention on Reddit and similar.
You replied to this comment:
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Can you see how I would misunderstand what you were talking about here?
They admit the listing existed in that statement, and there are easily accessible records of 1337x mods defending the listing prior to its deletion (such as the comment I had also provided in my post). You may need to re-read it?
I can provide additional sources if necessary.
See my reply below to Whiskey Pickle for the evidence.
See my reply below to Whiskey Pickle for the evidence.
1337x mod response on Reddit, seemingly confirming the existence of the torrent: https://i.imgur.com/ij4CXIm.png
They appear to be implying that it was only checked, verified to be malware and deleted... after the listing was vigorously defended by mods and users complaining that it was malware were banned. Very odd.
EDIT: Found an archived copy of the listing before it was taken down by 1337x mods. Includes some comments (up to yesterday).
https://web.archive.org/web/20230805153327/https://www.1337x.to/torrent/5753101/Baldurs-Gate-3-GOG-Digital-Deluxe-Edition-Multi13-Baldur-s/
User comments provide proof that malware was uploaded (and 1337x mods themselves admitted it was malware in the Reddit response), yet VitaminX remains unaffected on the site: https://1337x.to/user/VitaminX/
There are preserved comments from the 1337x mods, such as:
reply:
If the admins endorse malware, it's best to assume the entire site is compromised.