But this delay is enough time to download the file, especially for those using automated download methods (discussed more below). In some cases, an obfuscated file might still be removed within a few hours. Of course, Usenet obfuscation techniques don’t make takedowns impossible. But thanks to indexers and others (discussed more below), these titles can be de-obfuscated for end users like you.Īs we pointed out above, obfuscation helps posts and files live longer in newsgroups by avoiding DMCA takedowns. Today, titles are “scrambled”, using a random string of letters and numbers such as "XTgkWT29WaU=". This was the birth of obfuscated Usenet.Īnd as the bots caught on, the obfuscation grew more advanced.
For instance, early attempts would be something like flipping the filename, to “”. So, over time, uploaders have started to name files in posts in a way that makes them harder for copyright bots to find. This leads to missing or incomplete binaries, and who wants that? Unfortunately, this also makes it easy for copyright trolls to find them and file DMCA takedown notices to have the posts removed. Many, if not most, Usenet binary posts are still titled like this.īecause, after all, this kind of file naming makes them easy to identify and search for. In the good ol’ days of Usenet, binary files were titled in a straightforward fashion, e.g., “”.
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