Fite me IRL
Wild to think I used to raw dog the internet for a long while, now I’m always at least behind a VPN and encrypted DNS which is still bare minimum nowadays
Not to play smart, but I think Tor browser can also help.
Yeah I use that here and there, it’s far too slow for me to use it all the time though sadly, plus I don’t want to waste the resources of the nodes
Back in (estimating) 1997, I was playing Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 via the then-relevant MSN Online and someone posted a link in the public chat; I don’t remember what the link offered, but it was enticing enough that my ten-year-old self clicked it.
They said “someone with the IP [whatever IP I had then] clicked this!” In response I unplugged both my modem and computer so they couldn’t hack me.
It’s embarrassing to remember now, but I knew so little at the time that it seemed to make sense in the moment.
Your reaction to the situation was pretty smart tho.
If in doubt, go all out
