From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

Note directly to the unprepossessingly disgusting Slootweg troll.

Stop deprecating me with your disgusting lies.
I don't bring you into every conversation on Usenet.

Stop it.
I will directly respond to all your disgusting lies.

I read everything you (and most people) write on this newsgroup.
You add no value by always bringing in your deceitful lies.

You add negative value as you force me to respond to you disgusting lies.
Just stop it.
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From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

Carlos E.R. wrote:

He doesn't use any NNTP client, he uses scripts and a plain editor. Many
of his headers are faked. So he has a complicated time creating a
filter. All that, he claims, for privacy, aka making it more difficult
to filter him, due to all the variance.

For instance, he was posting as [email protected], now he does as [email protected], so I had to adapt my filters one more time.

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for explaining to Vanguard that the entire header is pulled out of a dictionary file, other than the Subject line, based on scripts I wrote long
ago with the help of Marek Novotny on the Linux newsgroups before he died.

The reason has been stated for decades, which is for privacy against aggregator, and yet, I have posted the same style for decades.
<https://i.postimg.cc/zGD6rfMC/ungoogledchromium01.jpg>

I post the same pictures and even my annotations are consistent.
I have the same machines and operating systems.
I live in the same Santa Cruz Mountains every time it's relevant.
I use the same T-Mobile carrier whenever it's relevant.
I care about efficiency (which is why I write one-tap tutorials).
I care about freeware (which is why I write reviews of freeware).
I care about portability of data & displays between platforms.
I test software all the time for the team & write up reports of them.
I write tutorials galore to help people do what I can do.
and so on...

If anyone can't figure out my posts in seconds, then they're a moron.
It's that cut and dry.

Yet you get these Slootweg trolls who lies that everyone is me.
Why?

Worse, does the Slootweg troll bother to add any value to the ng?
Nope.

If the Slootweg troll spends ten seconds on a post, that'd be a lot.
So why does the Slootweg troll claim that everyone else is a troll?

I think it's simply that the Slootweg troll is a disgusting coward.
He has no value to add. So he posts lies about troll that don't exist.

Let's ask this Slootweg troll and this s|b troll to list all my tutorials,
of which there must be hundreds, right, simply by searching for "Tutorial".

Is that hiding?
Is that trolling?

Every one of those tutorials took hours if not days and sometimes weeks to write and test, and yet the Slootweg troll spends seconds calling them
trolls?

WTF?
Who does that?

The very fact the Slootweg troll does that constantly, is proof enough that
the Slootweg troll is a disgustingly deceitful despicable person.

He told us once, on the Android newsgroup, that he never could get into a college, so maybe he's also of a rather low IQ, for all that I know.

But the fact the Slootweg troll can't point to a single instance of me
trolling (save in response to defence myself from _his_ trolls) is telling.

This despicable disgusting unprepossessing Slootweg troll needs to stop it.

Don't call someone a troll when you can't find a single instance of
trolling by that someone, as doing so is proof Slootweg is a troll.

Not me.
I add value.

Tremendous value.
Maybe more than anyone save for a few like Paul or Zaidy or Winston.

But certainly more than most.

For that tremendous value and time and effort spent, it's disconcerting
that these s|b and Slootweg trolls spend five seconds per post calling
everyone else a troll.

People like the Slootweg troll are truly disgusting people inside.
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From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

VanguardLH wrote:

Marion's posts are almost always
tutorials, and mostly about privacy. I'm not interested in that

My headers are about privacy.
The Slootweg troll brazenly lies constantly when he posts his drivel.

I'm sick of the Slootweg troll's disgusting lies; but worse is that
everyone here has to endure those Slootweg lies constantly as he trolls.

In the body, if you can't figure out it's me in five seconds, there's a
problem since I've posted the same style & pictures for decades on Usenet.

Anyone who exclaims in glee "I finally found you!!!!!!" is an utter moron. Because I never hide from you.

As for privacy, I also post a lot about efficiency.
And I post a lot about freeware tools, so please, don't sell me short.

However, to your point, my posts are often (very often) about privacy,
where the disgusting Slootweg and s|b and other trolls call me a troll and
yet, they can't point to a single instance of off-topic trolling in a
decade of posting to this group.

To post about how to give privacy to others is not a trolling act.
No matter how much the Slootweg troll & the s|b troll claim it is.

The Slootweg troll is far worse than the s|b troll in that it randomly
picks nyms and claims they're mine - when I don't respond - which I never
do since I think it's revealing that he's gratuitously fabricating these claims.

If anyone who owns a normal IQ can't figure out my posts, after decades of posting to the same newsgroups, on similar topics, using the same style of nearly perfect English, and posting the same style of annotated images year after year, then it just means they don't own a normal IQ after all.

Because if anyone can't figure out that I don't hide from you by keeping my headers private, then they're too stupid to be able to add value to the
group.

It's always the case that the Slootweg troll (and in a lesser manner, the
s|b troll) can never add any on-topic purposefully helpful value to any
thread.

Which is why they post their drivel.
Which then wastes everyone's valuable time having to respond to their lies.

If his choice of NNTP client (Piaohong) is crippled on defining filters, especially non-overview headers, then he needs to switch to a better NNTP client.

Heh heh heh... you think I'm really using that client?

You've seen I have posted hundreds (if not thousands) of tutorials on
privacy. Certainly it's trivial to write your own newsreader, which I did.

My newsreader uses Telnet and gVim (for the most part) so there is no newsreader. Check out the header now. The newsreader is different, is it
not? And yet it's not.

Privacy is a billion things just like hygiene is where I'm not so stupid as
to use a news reader that can't handle killfiles. My scripts require a rudimentary match, but I can do that if I need to, so the issue is not
ignoring their posts (as I read everything the Slootweg & s|b trolls post).

I even read everything you post, Vanguard, believe it or not.
I read almost everything on this newsgroup, in fact.

Because my goal is to learn from others and to help others as I can.
For that, the Slootweg troll calls me a troll, along with the s|b troll.

So be it.

In decades of posting, I've only plonked a handful of people, Snit being
one of them, and Alan Baker being another, but I can handle the trolls.

My point is simply to point out that the Slootweg troll is a troll.
As is the s|b troll a troll.

The proof is the Slootweg troll trolled the newsgroup.
As did the s|b troll.

I did not troll the newsgroup.
I simply told the Slootweg troll and the s|b troll to stay on topic.

Is that too much of a request of those trolls for them to comply?
Or must they insist on their brazen lies in lieu of adding value?

Since when is enabling others to garner privacy considered trolling?
Why must these Slootweg trolls and s|b trolls lie that it is?
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From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

R.Wieser wrote:

He knows how to do that.

Hi Rudy,

I think the disgusting people who call me a troll do so for two reasons.
1. I keep my headers private (by randomization) from robotic aggregators)
2. I write a lot of tutorials (hence, I leverage with multiple newsgroups)

If you notice something, I never hide from the people in this ng in the
body. I live in the same Santa Cruz Mountains. I have the same Galaxy
A32-5G I got for free from T-Mobile in 2021. I have the same PC I bought
way back in 2009 for God's sake. Same body information. Same images even!

So why do these disgusting Slootweg trolls call "me" a troll then?
You have to ask them, but I think it's the two reasons above because not
one of them can p;point to a single instance where I've trolled this
newsgroup.

And yet, they spend only seconds accusing me of trolling.
which hurts.

And I'm a sensitive caring person.
Unlike the Slootweg troll who is heartless. Devoid of caring.

Do you know why it hurts me more than it hurts you?
Here, I'll give you a hint (please consider this hint as apropos).

Q: How much time do you spend, typically, on a Usenet post?
Q: How much time do you think I invest, typically, on a post?

While you guys are trolling away spending seconds per troll, I'm writing detailed helpful teste4d tutorial to help people do what I can do.

I'm nothing like you, Rudy.
And certainly I'm nothing like these despicable heartless Slootweg trolls.

I care about people, Rudy.
That's why I spend hundreds of hours writing helpful tutorials, Rudy.

When I spent hundreds of hours writing these tutorials, it's hurtful that
the trolls like Carlos claim I'm writing them to hide from his filters.

Tell the Slootweg troll to write a tutorial for once.
a. And then have the s|b troll call him a troll for doing so.
b. And then let's see how he feels about that.

I want you to think about how much value the Slootweg troll added versus in
his entire life, versus just one of these tutorials I recently posted.

Tutorial:
Vastly improving Aloha free VPN privacy using an AutoHotKey script
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025
Message-ID: <10d6k27$151mm$[email protected]>

Tutorial:
Free disk space by removing extraneous Windows clutter & bloat
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:04:42 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <10d6imp$1euu$[email protected]>

Tutorial:
How to set up Windows 10 free ESU using absolute bare minimum requirements Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 23:36:21 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <10crvhk$2ktq$[email protected]>

Tutorial:
Add an option to "Open file explorer window here" in IrfanView's
"File->Save" file browser
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 22:00:01 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <10bph10$22of$[email protected]>

Tutorial:
Convert any ebook or text to audiobook spoken English on Windows to play
for hours on your mobile device
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 03:47:49 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <10b52d4$a7q$[email protected]>

Tutorial:
Build a one-click Windows custom SOCKS5 proxy client using freeware
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 07:30:02 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <10agcdq$2e02$[email protected]>

Tutorial:
Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 09:23:09 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <108c19t$1o40$[email protected]>

Tutorial:
How to set up any batch script as your Windows default web browser
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:34:53 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <10825ir$7nu$[email protected]>

Privacy Tutorial: Setting up system-wide DoH for the 1st time on Windows
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 04:15:15 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <107jnsi$jc7$[email protected]>

Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 02:25:51 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <1069bff$24ia$[email protected]>

Tutorial:
How to Transfer & Install Chrome Web Store Extensions to Ungoogled Chromium Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 06:03:40 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <105ptvs$2ihi$[email protected]>

My point is that when you've invested hundreds of hours per tutorial
helping people, to be called a troll for doing so, is hurtful.
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From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

Hank Rogers wrote:

It can really be bad.

I don't care that a disgusting Slootweg troll hates me.
I don't even care that the disgusting Slootweg troll is stupid.

It's entire life, it has been told by everyone that it is stupid.
So be it.

What I care about is the disgusting trolls ruin Usenet for everyone.
As we have to waste our time dealing with this infestation of trolls.

Every infestation of these disgusting trolls ruins Usenet for all of us.

Please never write about or to me ever again until YOU write a tutorial.
Just one is more value than disgusting trolls added in their entire life.

Here is the latest revision with the vast improvement in usability.
This script enables ANYONE to block or proxy any Windows TCP/UDP binary.

Many thanks to Allan Higdon for informing me yesterday that ProxyBridge exists, as in just a dozen hours we've made a quantum leap in privacy!

@echo off
REM ============================================================
REM C:\app\network\proxy\proxybridge\pb.bat 20251022
REM This is version 2p7
REM ============================================================
REM Runs FOSS ProxyBridge to proxy any desired Windows program
REM <github.com/InterceptSuite/ProxyBridge/releases/tag/v2.0>
REM Requires existing proxy server (e.g., Psiphon SOCKS5 proxy)
REM <https://psiphon.ca/en/download-store.html>
REM ============================================================
REM v1p0 20251022 15L
REM Launches ProxyBridge CLI using Psiphon SOCKS5 proxy.
REM Uses the CLI to apply rules for Brave, Chromium & stunnel.
REM Exits with control-C
REM v1p1 20251022 22L
REM Added process:hosts:ports:protocol:action format.
REM EXAMPLE: --rule stunnel.exe:*:119,563:TCP:PROXY
REM Test with curl https://icanhazip.com
REM v1p2 20251022 39L
REM Added "--dns-via-proxy" & "--verbose 3" flags.
REM v1p3 20251022 52L
REM Added a prompt for UAC since ProxyBridges requires admin.
REM v1p4 20251022 65L
REM Added automatic external IP check via curl after launch.
REM v1p5 20251022 108L
REM Added logging of all output to with timestamped files.
REM But exiting out of multiple consoles is inefficient.
REM v1p6 20251022 115L
REM Simplified: single console window, inline ProxyBridge run,
REM Added a graceful quit with Ctrl+C, with logging intact.
REM v1p7 20251022 94L
REM Further simplified: one Ctrl+C stops ProxyBridge and exits,
REM removed pause and post-run commands for clean quit.
REM Cleaned up the formatting to remove blank lines.
REM v1p8 20251022 107L
REM Added cleanup section to ensure ProxyBridge is killed.
REM v1p9 20251022 101L
REM Simplified logging: one log file per run, no tmp clutter,
REM Modified the flow so one Ctrl+C stops everything cleanly.
REM v2p0 20251022 107L
REM Corrected logging: live console + single log file,
REM one Ctrl+C exits cleanly, cleanup guaranteed.
REM v2p1 20251022 103L
REM Live streaming fixed by having PowerShell read
REM stdout/stderr in real time, mirrors to console
REM and appends to one log file.
REM v2p2 20251022 74L
REM This became a mess so I started over with version 1p3
REM Changed ProxyBridge launch to "start /wait" so one Ctrl+C
REM stops ProxyBridge cleanly without the Y/N batch prompt.
REM v2p3 20251022 92L (whew, got it working again by backtracking)
REM Added timestamped log file with live console output.
REM One console, one Ctrl+C to stop ProxyBridge.
REM v2p4 20251022
REM Added back UAC elevation block
REM v2p5 20251023
REM Moved rules to a rules.txt file for easier maintenance
REM Added a safety check to ensure rules.txt exists
REM Maintained logging and UAC elevation
REM Preserved the single-console, Ctrl+C exit behavior
REM PowerShell invocation uses %PBARGS% instead of a
REM nonexistent ProxyBridge --config flag to break lines up
REM v2p6 20251023
REM Modified so that only one control-C is needed (sans YES)
REM v2p7 20251023 144L
REM Added usability to include inline comments in rules.txt
REM Added common examples of block, direct, ports & proxy
REM --rule brave.exe:*:*:TCP:PROXY # Brave browser
REM --rule stunnel.exe:*:119,563:TCP:PROXY # proxy NNTP/SMTPS traffic
REM --rule svchost.exe:*:*:TCP:DIRECT # Windows services host
REM --rule CompatTelRunner.exe:*:*:TCP:BLOCK # Block telemetry uploader
REM ============================================================
:: Delayed expansion is required for building %PBARGS%
:: %PBARGS% is needed because ProxyBridge has no --config option
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

:: --- UAC Elevation Check ---
net session >nul 2>&1
if %errorLevel% neq 0 (
echo Requesting Administrator privileges...
powershell -Command "Start-Process '%~f0' -Verb RunAs"
exit /b
)
:: --- End UAC Elevation Check ---

:: --- Logging setup ---
set "LOGDIR=C:\data\sys\log"
if not exist "%LOGDIR%" md "%LOGDIR%" 2>nul
for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%a in ("%DATE%") do (
set YYYY=%%d
set MM=%%b
set DD=%%c
)
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=:." %%a in ("%TIME%") do (
set HH=%%a
set Min=%%b
set Sec=%%c
)
if "%HH:~0,1%"==" " set HH=0%HH:~1,1%
set LOGSTAMP=%YYYY%%MM%%DD%_%HH%%Min%%Sec%
set "LOGFILE=%LOGDIR%\pb_%LOGSTAMP%.log"
echo Logging to %LOGFILE%
:: --- End logging setup ---

cd /d C:\app\network\proxy\proxybridge
if not exist "rules.txt" (
echo ERROR: rules.txt not found in %CD%
exit /b
)

:: In version 2p5, rules were moved to a rules.txt file
:: The loop skips blank lines & lines starting with # for comments.
:: # This is rules.txt (blank lines are ignored)
:: --proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:1080
:: --rule brave.exe:*:*:TCP:PROXY
:: --rule chrome.exe:*:*:TCP:PROXY
:: --rule dialog.exe:*:*:TCP:PROXY
:: --rule telegram.exe:*:*:TCP:PROXY
:: --rule stunnel.exe:*:119,563:TCP:PROXY
:: --rule curl.exe:*:*:TCP:PROXY
:: --dns-via-proxy
:: --verbose 3

:: --- Build arguments from rules.txt ---
set "PBARGS="
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%A in ("rules.txt") do (
set "LINE=%%A"
if not "!LINE!"=="" if /i not "!LINE:~0,1!"=="#" (
rem Strip inline comments: take everything before first #
for /f "tokens=1 delims=#" %%B in ("!LINE!") do (
set "PBARGS=!PBARGS! %%B"
)
)
)

taskkill /im ProxyBridge_CLI.exe /f >nul 2>&1

echo ProxyBridge starting... Press Ctrl+C to stop.

:: Wrapped with cmd /c to avoid "Terminate batch job (Y/N)?" prompt.
cmd /c powershell -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command "Set-Location '%CD%'; & '%CD%\ProxyBridge_CLI.exe' %PBARGS% | Tee-Object -File '%LOGFILE%'"

echo ProxyBridge exited.
endlocal
:: end of C:\app\network\proxy\proxybridge\pb.bat
--
If you wonder why my posts are different, I'm nothing like most
people who post to Usenet. Most people who post are stupid trolls.
There is more value in this one post than they can add in
their entire lives. Trolls hate that they're stupid. So be it.
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