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I’d like to contribute but I’m nervous about allowing random content to be downloaded through my connection. Does anyone happen to know what safeguards exist t

I’d like to contribute but I’m nervous about allowing random content to be downloaded through my connection. Does anyone happen to know what safeguards exist to protect against random child porn or other illegal content from flowing through my connection? I checked the site but didn’t see anything address this concern. My fear is the archive grabs a page that happens to have nefarious content which I’d be legally on the hook for. Am I being overly cautious or is there a genuine risk?

ajayyy 6y ago
If you choose the Yahoo Answers project, it will only be downloading stuff from Yahoo Answers
sellyme 6y ago
> Am I being overly cautious or is there a genuine risk? You're being overly cautious. There is no legal risk in viewing a Yahoo! Answers page (or any other ArchiveTeam Warrior recommended project for that matter).
- MichaelApproved 6y ago
  I just realized this tool is dedicated to specific archiving projects, not general site archiving that archive.org offers. I was worried about random websites that get archived on archive.org.
Wingy 6y ago
It’s the same as looking at the pages directly in a browser. A browser also caches images it sees in most cases.
Jarwain 6y ago
I think that Technically it's possible, If for some reason Yahoo Answers had illegal content that was never reported and moderated away. I think thats pretty unlikely, though; I'd expect yahoo to be pretty on top of moderation if only due to liability reasons Alternatively, the collection code could do something weird or suspicious, but it's open source and the team has a good reputation/enough social proof leading me to consider that unlikely
xnyan 6y ago
If I sent you a link to a yahoo answers page, would you worry about the legal repercussions of opening it?
Dma54rhs 6y ago
Is living on knees like that really worth it? Find your hacker spirit.

ajayyy 6y ago

If you choose the Yahoo Answers project, it will only be downloading stuff from Yahoo Answers

sellyme 6y ago

> Am I being overly cautious or is there a genuine risk? You're being overly cautious. There is no legal risk in viewing a Yahoo! Answers page (or any other ArchiveTeam Warrior recommended project for that matter).

MichaelApproved 6y ago
I just realized this tool is dedicated to specific archiving projects, not general site archiving that archive.org offers. I was worried about random websites that get archived on archive.org.

Wingy 6y ago

It’s the same as looking at the pages directly in a browser. A browser also caches images it sees in most cases.

Jarwain 6y ago

I think that Technically it's possible, If for some reason Yahoo Answers had illegal content that was never reported and moderated away. I think thats pretty unlikely, though; I'd expect yahoo to be pretty on top of moderation if only due to liability reasons Alternatively, the collection code could do something weird or suspicious, but it's open source and the team has a good reputation/enough social proof leading me to consider that unlikely

xnyan 6y ago

If I sent you a link to a yahoo answers page, would you worry about the legal repercussions of opening it?

Dma54rhs 6y ago

Is living on knees like that really worth it? Find your hacker spirit.