torrentfreak.com — Users of BitTorrent and other file-sharing networks are increasingly seeking solutions to hide their identities from the outside world. With pressure from anti-piracy outfits mounting on ISPs to police their networks and warn those who share copyrighted content, many file-sharers have decided to negate this by going anonymous.
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exeprimeJun 23, 2009
Stop producing. I'm pretty damn sure nobody will f**kin' miss you. And then stop posting.
exeprimeJun 23, 2009
not everybody wants to pay.
sooleJun 23, 2009
You just need a Riaa computer downloading the same torrent that you're downloading, and it'll have access to all IPs downloading the torrent. Plain and simple.
r3bolJun 23, 2009
There has been newspaper articles of people getting caught doing this in Finland. I don't know how they get caught, but I guess its something to do with the HW address of your card and the police visiting your place.In Linux at least, you can supposedly change the HWaddr. Maybe have a script at start up that changes the ID at every boot to something random?
Closed AccountJun 23, 2009
@sinrtb:Internet access isn't a right granted by the U.S. Constitution... it's a privilege (that you pay for) provided by your ISP and subject to their "laws" (read: Terms of Service). And what they do with the information from your connection SHOULD BE subject to the same rules that other utilities (like telephone) are, but at this point Internet is not considered a utility in the eyes of the government so you're left with 3 choices:1). Petition the government to recognize and treat it as a utility.2). Petition your ISP, which will likely do nothing, and then stand by it by switching to an ISP more inline with your ideals (not always a viable option due to ISP collusion).3). Pay for anonymity services, or use a free one like Tor.But I think you were missing DiggyWiggy's point...DiggyWiggy was saying/implying that (most/many/home user) people who are using VPNs would be implicating themselves in the eyes of the law by using an anonymity service -- which is absolutely wrong. If anything, it should imply that you value your privacy.
Closed AccountJun 23, 2009
You would get more invites to private trackers if you weren't such a dick - also I was a member of elite torrents when it got shut down by the DHS and I'm still free and DLing like crazy. Lucas didn't try to throw my ass in jail. You know why? Because they only go after site operators and major uploaders. So if I referred to my self as axxo or reloaded then I might worry. Also for the record everything that I haven't already paid for at least once and that I think is worth a crap I go pay for after I've tried it (seen too many movies that were complete s**t and wished I could get my money back - never again). Welcome to the 20th century, us here in the 21st are waiting for you to catch up to the last century. How does the fact that I'm from Texas have anything to do with anything? Way to be a bigot douche bag and a hypocrite to boot. You criticize me for stealing stuff right after you said "I used to buy most of my music, but I stopped that out of spite, not to save money." If I like what I DLed I go buy the CD - but not you because you are hypocrite.
soakeddJun 24, 2009
They are. Especially with wireless, but they've been good with me for internet. Could be because I live in a small town though... maybe....
prochoboJun 24, 2009
If you idiots read the article, you'll realize you have to pay for the service, which goes back to my original comment. If you're going to be paying, may as well use Usenet. Mikesbaker, you don't know s**t about Usenet. Usenet speed >>>>>>>>>> torrents. Plus you don't have to maintain a download/upload ratio.
wiseweaselJun 25, 2009
It's because the sites to find releases stay up longer when they stay under the radar. The best way to do that is to avoid driving search engine traffic to them, which is best achieved by avoiding posting about them in public fora such as this.