Is Firefox VPN + libgen a safe enough way to get ebooks? Is there a better way?

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Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days ago

I like to download a rare book now and then, but if practical I’d like to be safer about it.

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It strongly depends on your threat model.

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