Hilariously bad torrent scaremongering

Salty22 · 22 Jan 2018 at 07:11

https://www.express.co.uk/life-styl...wnload-Movie-Free-Proxy-Shutdown-Internet/amp

Someone showed me this last night.
Newspapers crack me up.

Diddums · 22 Jan 2018 at 07:19

For those who don’t know, torrent files are not in and of themselves intrinsically illegally.

Some quality journalism right there.

LOAM · 22 Jan 2018 at 07:23

You're never going to get actual news from a fictionalised comic though are you?

bloodiedathame · 22 Jan 2018 at 07:25

If an ISP cut you off, all your smart services would no longer work (thermostats, up cameras etc). There is some truth to what they say but the reality of it happening is slim.

Salty22 · 22 Jan 2018 at 07:27

bloodiedathame said:
If an ISP cut you off, all your smart services would no longer work (thermostats, up cameras etc). There is some truth to what they say but the reality of it happening is slim.

Yeah I know it’s sorta true, but you know the way it’s said is to scare people who don’t read past the headline.

randomshenans · 22 Jan 2018 at 07:30

lol funny article is funny.

Ayahuasca · 22 Jan 2018 at 07:30

Would someone think of the room temperature.

peterwalkley · 22 Jan 2018 at 07:51

according to the latest warning from a popular US Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Armstrong Zoom, which has around one million customers in the United States

One million customers in the US is less than 1% of the number of households. Interesting definition of the word "popular".

TallPaul1878 · 22 Jan 2018 at 08:27

"Wreck havoc" never heard that said before.

"Wreak havoc" yeah. Terrible article, does anybody bother proof reading anymore?

Freakbro · 22 Jan 2018 at 08:28

TallPaul1878 said:
"Wreck havoc" never heard that said before.

"Wreak havoc" yeah. Terrible article, does anybody bother proof reading anymore?

No[e

Shocky-FM · 22 Jan 2018 at 08:59

No ISP would cut you off without warning.

Has anyone here actually received a warning from their ISP about usage?

Ayahuasca · 22 Jan 2018 at 09:03

Shocky-FM said:
Has anyone here actually received a warning from their ISP about usage?

Years ago when I was on Orange broadband I got one through, ignored it and nothing ever followed it. Probably just something they did to pretend they were acting on it.

Freakbro · 22 Jan 2018 at 09:06

Shocky-FM said:
Has anyone here actually received a warning from their ISP about usage?

I got one recently from Plusnet saying they had been contacted by a 3rd party who wanted my details about a suspected torrent dl.

The warning consisted of reassuring me they wouldn't pass on my details, asking me if anyone else was using my computer/wifi - to make sure my computer security was up to date, and if it happened again, they would have to send me the same email asking if everything was ok....

Shocky-FM · 22 Jan 2018 at 09:14

Freakbro said:
I got one recently from Plusnet saying they had been contacted by a 3rd party who wanted my details about a suspected torrent dl.

The warning consisted of reassuring me they wouldn't pass on my details, asking me if anyone else was using my computer/wifi - to make sure my computer security was up to date, and if it happened again, they would have to send me the same email asking if everything was ok....

I've heard VM and Sky have sent them out in the past but I've never received anything myself, curious how much you have to Torrent to qualify.

Badge of honor for torrent users, frame them.

Freakbro · 22 Jan 2018 at 09:17

Shocky-FM said:
I've heard VM and Sky have sent them out in the past but I've never received anything myself, curious how much you have to Torrent to qualify.

Badge of honor for torrent users, frame them.

I don't think it's quantity per se, just if you dl one that is being tracked by one of these 3rd parties - so obviously the more you do the more chance of doing one of those.

Just to clarify, this was an just alleged dl...I wasn't found guilty....

Yaayuh! · 22 Jan 2018 at 09:28

It's the Express, honestly, what do you expect?

mrk · 22 Jan 2018 at 09:29

It's The Express, AKA: Conspiracy Theory Central.

AndyCr15 · 22 Jan 2018 at 09:36

Freakbro said:
I don't think it's quantity per se, just if you dl one that is being tracked by one of these 3rd parties - so obviously the more you do the more chance of doing one of those.

My friend might have received an email from his ISP recently because he'd downloaded just a couple of movies and one was being tracked. The email knew which client he'd used and the times, what file it was etc. All correct. The email explained what torrenting was and that it was the first infraction of the period. It didn't say what the period was or how many he was allowed.

TallPaul1878 · 22 Jan 2018 at 09:39

Freakbro said:
No[e

No as in proof reading or no as in the headline is correct?

I know that many people can confuse wreck and wreak but wreak means "to cause damage".

In this instance I'm damned sure that the ISP cut off will "wreak havoc" amongst a homeowner's smart devices, leaving them on a "wreck".

TallPaul1878 · 22 Jan 2018 at 09:41

AndyCr15 said:
My friend might have received an email from his ISP recently because he'd downloaded just a couple of movies and one was being tracked. The email knew which client he'd used and the times, what file it was etc. All correct. The email explained what torrenting was and that it was the first infraction of the period. It didn't say what the period was or how many he was allowed.

Surely if you were undertaking this practice you'd use a VPN! I have a VPN just for security on public WiFi. As soon as I connect to a public WiFi my VPN tells me it is insecure and I connect to it.