I had no idea how fast things in this world would start falling apart. Newgrounds seems to be a safe place for art at this point in time, at least for now. But who knows how long that's going to last. I hope NG has a means to counter any demands of censorship coming their way. o_o
Anime/Manga/Cartoon Artist. I do stuff sometimes.
I like mechs, cyborgs, and robots.
I am over 38.
I do not want to interact with anyone under 18.
I am cursed with being unable to finish an art piece to save my life!
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@ShangXian I've been using Tor exclusively for everything other than money transactions and filing reports with my internet service provider since 2021.
The only real problem is when site owners use and blindly trust 'CloudFlare'. Because 'CloudFlare' will just happily keep as many people as physically possible off the site they "protect", so they can make the claim how "successful" they were. Like a rabid dog barking keeping the postman away - and the owner wondering why they don't get any mail anymore.
Sometimes I've spoken to site owners about the issue, but most of the time I just leave them to their misery. In two out of three cases I got an email back that essentially reads "Thank you for telling us. We'll look into it." and about 2 days later, I can get on the site with no problems.
This article is from about 9 years ago, and the situation with that company is basically unchanged:
https://blog.torproject.org/trouble-cloudflare/
ShangXian
I nicknamed this year annus horribilis (horrible year), this is why starting to use more actively darknets such as Tor or P2P, along with more privacy-oriented messaging apps becomes an imperative if one cares about privacy.
I wish all the best to NG, Tom is a cool guy!