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Usenet, NZB indexers, and digital privacy — analysis and news for people who already know their way around the space.
Latest posts
porndb.me launches a new version: metadata matching and account migration
porndb.me has released its rebuilt app. What changes for metadata, indexer connections, downloads, existing accounts and integrations using the old API.
prdb.net: visual previews, a metadata API and NZB downloads through NZBporn
How prdb.net combines visual browsing with a metadata API, and where NZBporn fits when accessing matching Usenet releases.
The AI cases are about the download, not the model
Three courts have now split the same question the same way — what you do with a file may be fair use, but how you got it, and whether you handed it on, is the liability. That makes transport the whole question, and it is the most flattering thing that has ever happened to Usenet architecture.
Everyone advertises 6,500 days now
Retention is the number every provider leads with, and it has quietly become the least useful spec in the market. It measures the age of the oldest article, not how much of the old feed survived — and it is a property of the backbone, not the brand you bought it from.
Do you even need a VPN for Usenet?
The honest case for and against. Encrypted NNTP already does the job most people buy a VPN to do — so what is the VPN actually for?
DMCA vs NTD: how takedown law decides what completes
Retention gets all the attention, but the legal regime a backbone runs under quietly decides which articles vanish. The same NZB loses different parts on a DMCA feed than on an NTD one — and that gap is the whole case for diversity.
Who owns whom in Usenet, 2026
The market looks like dozens of independent providers. It collapses to about six backbones. Knowing which brand sits on which feed is the difference between real redundancy and paying twice for the same articles.
The best Usenet block accounts in 2026
A block account is not a cheap unlimited plan — it is backbone insurance. Here is what to actually buy in 2026, and the one rule that decides whether it does anything for you.
Two Usenet provider sales this week — and how to read past the banner
UsenetAgency and UsenetPrime both ran promotions on r/usenet in the same week. Read as a buyer, they are a clean study in contrasts: backbone, billing model, and what the comment section tells you.
The best German Usenet indexers in 2026 — and why "best" splits in two
German Usenet does not map onto the Newznab world. The strongest German scene lives on boards, the API indexers have mostly died, and "best" depends on which half you mean.
Which Usenet providers take Bitcoin — and which actually keep it private
"Accepts Bitcoin" tells you nothing on its own. The processor behind the checkout decides whether you stayed anonymous or just handed your ID to BitPay.
Rethinking the privacy stack around your Usenet setup
SSL alone is not a privacy strategy. Where your setup actually leaks metadata in 2026 — and what is worth fixing.
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A new blog about Usenet, NZB indexers, and digital privacy — written for people who already live in the space.
