My guess would be, the same strategies, every repressed community would use since ever.
As for why governments don’t use net logs, my assumption is, that those are not what they are after. Meeting might not be illegal, just same sex acts which are needed too be “caught in the act”.

1. I’ve read an article long time ago from an expat in, I think Saudi Arabia, in which he described how he tested grindr and got a match. When meeting with them, he got a bad feeling and stepped back.
2. There’s a a (sci-fi) novel with that premise, called “ABC Zhang”. It basically used the points, what others have told here: Mostly secret signs, that those who know, know.

Meanwhile, I use -site:reddit.com more and more.
We are not the same. ;)

It’s unsafe for their profits.

Yepp. Both of them on the counter all the time. As it’s a Mokkamaster and a Gaggia Classic, their foot print isn’t that large and I don’t have the room to put them away anyway.
Also, no spouse’s opinion I have to consider. :)

If I were in your situation and had the room, I would most likely store the device and set a goal for myself to the tune of “If I’m not using it in 2/3/5 years, I’m selling that thing.”

Enjoy your nice machine.

Hi, i think there’s nothing wrong with having two different tools, that produce similar results in completely different ways and with differences in quality achieved.
I have an espresso machine mainly for my own enjoyment and a drip machine for guests. Sometimes I’ll drink a cup from the drip machine when a guest is around I’m feeling like it.

Kids will grow up faster than you expect and with that comes a little bit alone time for the parents here and there. You may enjoy the fancier option than a lot. If not, you could sell it then?

I was too late for that, unfortunately and got <lastname>.<town> which also some people don’t comprehend.
Although it’s the capitol and there are sites from public services which use that TLD as well.

What genuinely pisses me off: Prior to that I got <lastname>.name, and there are sites, which refuse to accept it as a valid TLD when I try to register with them.

Edit: I got <lastname[with umlauts]>.<countrycode>, tho as this was available, but those don’t work that well. Or didn’t, when I last checked.

I enjoy apalrd very much, down to earth, deep dive, no bullshit explanatory videos mostly about networking.

I don’t know about torrent downloads, but for “obviously illegal” streaming and IPTV offerings, customers also will get bonked. For example [German]: https://www.bms-rechtsanwaelte.de/wirtschaftsrecht-blog/illegales-iptv-streaming-strafbarkeit-nutzer