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[-] gh0stb4tz@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

Why does the URL have a Russian government domain (.ru)? Consider me highly skeptical.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 123 points 4 months ago

It's where a lot of the pirate sites have found refuge from the Western copyright cartels. It's not necessarily a government-affiliated site just because it's got an .ru domain.

[-] GorGor@startrek.website 31 points 4 months ago

I want to say Russia doesn't consider it a crime to hack as long as the system/IP you are accessing is outside Russia. No source on that cause Im lazy, so take it with a boulder of salt.

[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

I second this reply, with an additional boulder

[-] thejml@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Great, now I need a over the shoulder double boulder holder.

[-] wylinka@szmer.info 67 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

.ru is not government domain, it's just the normal russian domain... Literally every country except for america uses the country code top level domain for everyday use.

[-] hobovision@mander.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

The US country code .us is also general use here. Government organizations in the US use .gov because we invented the internet and fuck you to every other government.

[-] D1re_W0lf@piefed.social 7 points 4 months ago

… in collaboration with France and the UK. Being “the web” later on invented at the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

[-] hobovision@mander.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

Hey maybe you didn't pick up my attempt at humor. It's kinda messed up actually.

[-] exixx@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago

Because Alexandra Elbakyan lives in Russia. One of the official sci hub homes is .ru also

[-] spinne@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

You can check the validity of your skepticism by asking it a question and verifying its sources.

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