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New Kazaa Lite Protects Identity

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can-you-guess-who-i-am dept.

Denver_80203 writes "Found this story about the new Kazaa K++ 2.4.0 and it's new sister program which claim to protect your identity while sharing files. Any of you folk know how legit this could be? We all knew it wouldn't be long... is this the war or just another battle?"

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  1. Question... by SD-VI · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Would firebombing the RIAA count as self defense?

  2. Re:That's what I needed by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    Have a spare machine, install socks proxy server. install a WiFi card if you are in a wifi public access hotspot. Route via youre new proxy that you control... Insta anonymiser.

    Why don't you call it what it really is, theft of services? You're covering up one crime (copyright infringement) with another (theft of services). Digging that hole deeper and deeper. Why don't you hack into some machines while you're at it to install that Socks proxy and then you've got the trifecta of criminal activity going.

  3. Re:So Why Is Everyone Negative Toward Peer Guardia by vegetablespork · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    I wouldn't say I'm "down on it," but I don't think it's a magic talisman, either. Do we all really believe that the RIAA/MPAA/BSA/IDSA/SPA and other racketeering organizations aren't going to just get a residential cable modem or DSL account and run their bots on it?

    While it certainly doesn't hurt to block IP ranges known to belong to the copyright cartels, I doubt it helps as much as people seem to want to believe.

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  4. Re:Wait just a darned minute... by fmaxwell · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow... someone took this a little personally

    I didn't take it personally. But I did think that your wisecracks were a bit flippant given that the software is choosing to share files from people's computers without the knowledge or permission of those people.

    However, I feel the need to retort some of these things.

    I just came back from fishing, but apparently the fish aren't the only ones taking the bait.