Most File sharers are monitored

bignev72 · 4 Sep 2012 at 21:06

So what do people think of this article?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19474829

Is anyone worried? Is this even legal to keep a record of what you do on the internet?

AbsenceJam · 4 Sep 2012 at 21:22

Perfect place to say that PeerGuardian won't help you. Nothing but a very false sense of security and blocking legit IP's.

Use private trackers if you're worried, real ones, not those your mother is on. Or usenet.

AHarvey · 4 Sep 2012 at 21:26

or VPN's such as Relakks.

Judgeneo · 4 Sep 2012 at 21:27

The article only mentions bittorrent, what about the hundreds of other torrent programs?

AbsenceJam · 4 Sep 2012 at 21:32

Judgeneo said:
The article only mentions bittorrent, what about the hundreds of other torrent programs?

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PistolPete · 4 Sep 2012 at 21:59

Judgeneo said:
The article only mentions bittorrent, what about the hundreds of other torrent programs?

BitTorrent is a p2p protocol, not a program.

Judgeneo · 4 Sep 2012 at 22:00

I see

KIA · 4 Sep 2012 at 22:52

inb4 usenet is superior to bittorrent trololololol.

bignev72 · 5 Sep 2012 at 08:50

AbsenceJam said:
Perfect place to say that PeerGuardian won't help you. Nothing but a very false sense of security and blocking legit IP's.

Use private trackers if you're worried, real ones, not those your mother is on. Or usenet.

Is usenet any better though? How do we know the same thing isn't happening?

peige · 5 Sep 2012 at 09:49

bignev72 said:
Is usenet any better though? How do we know the same thing isn't happening?

Doesn't SSL stop usenet traffic being monitored?

Also, the offence is normally uploading content rather than downloading (which your doing all the time with torrents)

I could be wrong

Jayster · 5 Sep 2012 at 10:04

bignev72 said:
Is usenet any better though? How do we know the same thing isn't happening?

Well with usenet its between you and your usenet provider what you download, with bittorrent its between you and anybody else in the swarm which can be up to tens of thousands of people.

covenantuk · 5 Sep 2012 at 10:17

Use VPN, it's cheap and the only way to be sure

foster grant · 5 Sep 2012 at 10:27

But....just about everything you do online can be "seen "

right ?

foster grant · 5 Sep 2012 at 10:39

foster grant said:
But....just about everything you do online can be "seen " right ?

...

Quote " The study found that the IP addresses of peer-to-peer network users were being recorded on a “massive” scale by “copyright enforcement organisations, security companies, and even government research labs.” Fortunately for you pirates out there, the study also found that the tracking techniques used by these companies were often unreliable, which likely reduces their usefulness in lawsuits or other court proceedings. "

sorry about the double post ...dunno what happened .

mmj_uk · 5 Sep 2012 at 11:26

Sounds like scaremongering to me although that's not to say they aren't monitoring IP's, it's just that anyone with an ounce of internet knowledge would know that their IP is visible when connecting to other clients.

Anyone with uTorrent installed could make a list of IP's sharing stuff just by seeing who you connect to.

bledd · 5 Sep 2012 at 14:23

Judgeneo said:
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