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?
nzb.is
Usenet, NZB indexers, and digital privacy — analysis and news for people who already know their way around the space.
Latest posts
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.
