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- inactive, on 11/13/2007, -5/+64I'm in ur tubes, scramblin' ur pornz!
- Octaman, on 11/12/2007, -0/+42The short version:
- Encryption was designed to prevent ISPs from throttling BitTorrent traffic. BitTorrent encryption hides the protocol header.
- Encryption does not hide the actual data people are sharing, everyone can still record your IP-address, and send you an infringement notice. - ericdano, on 11/12/2007, -1/+34No way. You want journalists to research items before writing on them? How could you? I mean, paper's like the NY Times, LA Times, Wired.....they'd all go out of business.....
- Audacitor, on 11/11/2007, -0/+29I read the Register's article on it. So sadly misinformed... Well, that just makes our sharing that much easier. :)
- daeyeth, on 11/11/2007, -0/+26So basically encryption only hides the fact that you're using bittorrent. Rather than an anti-piracy type tool, it's actually an anti-telecom type tool. Guess that satisfied me, stills fulfills my daily needs to stick it to the Man.
- Unlgued, on 11/12/2007, -2/+23Just unplug the power cord. You'll be right off the grid.
- trogdoor, on 11/12/2007, -1/+18No, peerguardian may help but there is no guarenteed way. The idea of connecting to and downloading from anonymous peers is incompatible with privacy.
- BlackJackJester, on 11/12/2007, -0/+15I really like these articles. The music industry is all fire and brimstone when it comes to incriminating file sharers, but the other side of the argument almost always proves a more logical and sound argument. This is why nobody believes the media's bullcrap
- Ramble, on 11/11/2007, -1/+15And I'm one of those 40% attempting to stop my cheapo ISp from throttling me.
- colorme, on 11/11/2007, -1/+11Keep it under your bed. They'll never find it.
- m1grant, on 11/12/2007, -0/+7You know, you really shouldn't be torrenting with the onion. Not only does it massively slow your torrent speeds, but it further stresses an already over-stressed network of proxies. People really only should use it for low bandwidth stuff.
- blankhorizons, on 11/12/2007, -0/+6Kinda weak torrenting on TOR man
- inactive, on 11/11/2007, -1/+7It's like many things you can reduce your risk but you are still at risk.
- 4321234, on 11/11/2007, -1/+6Immediately transfer your files to an mp3 player. Place the mp3 player in a condom. Tie a knot with the earbud wire running through. Use a generous ammount of personal lubricant and insert the mp3 player in your butt. Try to look casual when crossing customs, airport security etc. You're safe as milk.
- Teej, on 11/10/2007, -2/+6Yeah, he also spelled bacon wrong too. For shame.
- Nayamina, on 11/10/2007, -1/+5For Canadian Roger's users being throttled I found that a combination of Peer Guardian, the built-in uTorrent encryption, and TOR (The onion router) will generally take care of most the ISP interference, even if like the article says it can't completely protect your privacy. Does anyone else wonder why everyone is up in arms about Comcast interfering with BitTorrent traffic, but Canadians just seem to be sitting back and taking it? Rogers has been messing with Torrent traffic in my area for almost a year now.
- thebellmaster1x, on 11/12/2007, -0/+3...
What in the hell are you babbling about? Relevance next time, thanks. - dukeochutney, on 11/10/2007, -2/+5in case anyone wanted to see where Torrent Freak stole most of the article. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/08/bittorrent ...
- MWeather, on 11/10/2007, -0/+3What makes you think Comcast is interfering with encrypted bit torrent traffic?
- noctu, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2*cough*dark*cough*net
- colto, on 11/10/2007, -0/+2The media doesn't fabricate the news.....that's the government's job. ;)
- tackle, on 11/12/2007, -0/+2Quote from article: Now back to the claim that 40% of the BitTorrent traffic is encrypted in the UK. My first question would be, how do they know that it’s BitTorrent traffic if it’s encrypted?
Quote from the same article: We’ve been tracking the number of people who actually use encryption and it is currently slightly below 10%.
heh. - houndeyex, on 11/10/2007, -2/+3Hax
- cliffski, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1so you are prepared to risk a $200,000 fine to download $100 of music?
your mad. - xino, on 11/10/2007, -1/+1I don't actually know for sure that it's not good enough, but that's the way it seems to me and would like to know if I am wrong so instead of just digging me down, please explain if you know more than I do.
- knobtwiddler, on 11/10/2007, -1/+1my favorite comment:
"balls in a hat"
lololol - xino, on 11/09/2007, -1/+1I often times hear that ISPs like Comcast and others are interfering with bit torrent traffic which makes me think that the encryption being used isn't good enough to stop ISPs from interfering with it. Anyone agree?
- knobtwiddler, on 11/10/2007, -2/+1i'm better than u
- firemateria, on 11/10/2007, -1/+0It's too bad I don't know enough about UK law, if it was the US I'd say:
"My internet traffic is encrypted, I have a reasonable expectation of privacy. If you want to know what is behind my protocol headers I suggest you stop whining and go before a judge and get a warrant, but I have a feeling that after the thousandth or so warrant request he'd laugh in your face." - infiniphonic, on 11/10/2007, -5/+2I encrypt my torrents because when I get the encryption handshake the transfer speeds are always better.
- jewdiknight, on 11/11/2007, -8/+5Sorry if I sound like a Newb, but is there any way to hide what I am torrenting so I don't get attacked from the RIAA or MPAA?
- JoelBakan01, on 11/10/2007, -4/+0What does fact and research have to do with opinion? That's their real bread and butter. Who cares what reality is when you can manufacture your own?
- Thedarklord187, on 11/10/2007, -5/+1your mom's in your tubes scrambling your porn....ooooo you feel that burn ha ha sorry couldnt help myself :)
- zeromancer, on 11/10/2007, -13/+8you spelled pr0n wrong...
- annamerikin, on 11/10/2007, -11/+1Don't take stories like this at face value: like the well-publicized tax evader crackdowns during filing season, the RIAA/MPAA are trying to scare otherwise law-abiding people from doing what they might perceive as "what everyone else is", e.g. downloading files without permission from the copyright holders.
A few well-publicized threats, lawsuits and straw men are thought to keep the "average Joe" from jumping on a perceived bandwagon.
The truth is the vast majority of entertainment pirates and tax evaders never get caught; the talented ones are the least likely to be found out. "They" know this and they don't care. They just want their racket to continue without widespread resistance. - penguinxp, on 11/12/2007, -12/+1oh god damn it, did those trucks in the internets tubes wreck again? and they arent even using their license plates?? geez, i swear, you would think they could find some people who know how to drive the internets for these things and their would be more regulations.
the solution? i think we need to raise the age for the internets tubes trucks license test, and also make the test much more difficult. this is the only way to lower the accident rate from its current 40%. their are simply too many trucks in these internets tubes, and it doesnt help that they arent even using license plates. - inactive, on 11/12/2007, -32/+1RADIOHEAD!
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