Thursday, May 20, 2021

Censorship in India, Torrenting and Tor Browser



We were looking for a 1997 movie "Good Will Hunting" in ".mp4" format because my Sony Bravia Smart TV does not accept some other video file formats such ".webm" (See more about "webm" in End Note) and see how we solved this problem:

Note: Third link in top 10 results in Google search solved our requirement.

I1 - Good Will Hunting - Google Search
I2 - Magnet Link Site (The Second Link in Google Search Results) but it did not work. Downloaded some garbage video file that did not run in VLC media player.
I3 - The garbage files being downloaded with 'second search result' in qBitTorrent
I4 - The video file fails to open in VLC media player Important Note: Along with video file, a Windows Batch program (.bat file) was also downloaded. This is a very good indication that something is fishy about this magnet link and these files.
I5 - first search result and censorship in India - ytstvmovies.xyz - failed to open in Firefox with Airtel connection
I6 - first search result and censorship in India - ytstvmovies.xyz - failed to open in Chrome with Airtel connection
I7 - first search result and censorship in India - ytstvmovies.xyz - failed to open in Tor with Airtel connection
I8 - third search result and censorship in India - yifytorrentme - failed to open in Firefox with Airtel connection
I9 - third search result and censorship in India - yifytorrentme.com - failed to open in Chrome with Airtel connection
I10 - third search result and censorship overridden with Tor Browser - yifytorrentme.com - opened in Tor with Airtel connection
I11 - yifytorrentme.com - Found the movie using Tor and do check the ads on the site (Do not click any)
I12 - yifytorrentme.com - Download begins by copy-pasting the Magnet link in qBit

End Note

WebM is an audiovisual media file format. It is primarily intended to offer a royalty-free alternative to use in the HTML5 video and the HTML5 audio elements. It has a sister project WebP for images. The development of the format is sponsored by Google, and the corresponding software is distributed under a BSD license. The WebM container is based on a profile of Matroska. WebM initially supported VP8 video and Vorbis audio streams. In 2013, it was updated to accommodate VP9 video and Opus audio. [ Ref 1 ] About WebM WebM is an open, royalty-free, media file format designed for the web. WebM defines the file container structure, video and audio formats. WebM files consist of video streams compressed with the VP8 or VP9 video codecs and audio streams compressed with the Vorbis or Opus audio codecs. The WebM file structure is based on the Matroska container. [ Ref 2 ] [ Ref 3 - YouTube ] Tags: Technology,Cyber Security,Indian Politics,Politics,Web Development,Web Scraping,

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