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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. Score one for us? by Kai_MH · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hurrah! It's about frickin' time that this came out... Now let's just pray the developers didn't make a deal with the RIAA and are sellign our identities to them with this new version. So, what's the verdict on it, fellow geeks?

    1. Re:Score one for us? by Quasar1999 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Let them sell our identities... I for one hope that we use P2P networks like Kazaa to only grab .torrent files...

      Track my IP all you want, I was simply looking for a torrent file... I didn't download "The Matrix Reloaded.mpg", I downloaded "The Matrix Reloaded.torrent", not to mention the fact that by the time they could get your ass to court, the torrent would be dead, and they would have no evidence, (other than a torrent that has nowhere near enough data to reconstruct the video), and no leg to stand on...

      Bring it on Boys! ;)

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  2. That's what I needed by stud9920 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's what I needed : something to hide my fake identity

    1. Re:That's what I needed by PingPongBoy · · Score: 2, Funny

      hide my fake identity

      How can you fake your IP address?

      I know - you can only find the fake files.

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    2. Re:That's what I needed by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
      > > hide my fake identity
      > How can you fake your IP address?

      "And honey, I faked every IP address!"
      -- Anonymous Coward, as written on a note left on Hilary Rosen's bedstand.

  3. Afraid, are you? by paranode · · Score: 3, Funny

    Begun, this copyright war has.

    1. Re:Afraid, are you? by Eudial · · Score: 5, Funny

      Begun, this copyright war has.

      Dude, You seriously need to cut down on Star Wars.

      (Star Wars, you seriously need to cut down on.)

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    2. Re:Afraid, are you? by MORTAR_COMBAT! · · Score: 3, Funny

      Cut down on Star Wars you must.

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    3. Re:Afraid, are you? by AntiOrganic · · Score: 5, Funny

      Matters not what this message says, be modded +5 funny it will.

  4. Just blocks IPs by evilned · · Score: 5, Funny

    From what I have seen, it just has a list of ips of law enforcement and record industry computers. Not a very fool proof method, but better than a tin foil hat.

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    1. Re:Just blocks IPs by in7ane · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't trust the parent, it may be an attempt to persuade people to substitute a potentially insecure K++ for the proven security features of tin foil hats.

      Either way, a tin foil hat is still a good security supplement even if this hype is true.

    2. Re:Just blocks IPs by sharkey · · Score: 4, Funny
      but better than a tin foil hat

      What if I make a tin foil cover for my modem?

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  5. After My DMCA Letter Scare by Soporific · · Score: 4, Funny

    I stopped using Kazaa for a while, or only briefly. Now I can go back to being a file whore and stop using those unreliable BitTorrent sites.

    ~S

  6. K++? by GnuVince · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why not K++0x? ;)

  7. Still isn't available for Linux though... by TrollBridge · · Score: 3, Funny
    I've been gradually putting together a good functional Linux setup on my laptop, and was surprised to learn that there wasn't a Linux version of Kazaa or Kazaa Lite out there.

    Is there an alternative I am unaware of?

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  8. No ADs? by skidrowe · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean I can't practice hand-eye coordination with K++? Stink, back to those darn violent games...

  9. I'm Safe by dlosey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I already protected my identity. I am John Doe at 123 Abc St. My email is JohnDoe@kazaa.com. How could they possibly find me?

    *knock* *knock*

    Umm.. yeah.. I'll finish this post la.. *ouch* Not so tight with the handcuffs.

  10. Quote from article by Zog+The+Undeniable · · Score: 3, Funny
    At post time, the RIAA.org site was not responding

    Is this a new euphemism for "ownz0r3d and h4X0red out of existence, again"?

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    1. Re:Quote from article by youBastrd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Let me get this straight: the author of the article says he installed software that blocks communication with RIAA servers, then claims that the site couldn't be reached.

      Umm...

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  11. Re:umm by EinarH · · Score: 4, Funny
    Cmon now. What prevents RIAA from using anonymous IP blocks that they can purchase legally for use?

    Stupidity?

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  12. off-the-cuff idea - comments, please! by PontifexPrimus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are the RIAA limited to legal methods for gathering evidence of filesharing? If so, why not encrypt the packets sent by the programs with something very simple (heck, rot13 might do) and claim that everything transmitted is your own IP? To prove that you are illegally sharing files, they'd have to defeat the encryption and thereby violate the DMCA. Wouldn't that make all incriminating data inadmissible in court? IANAL, could someone clarify?

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  13. Re:This isn't surprising. . . by gmcclel · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think Kazaa needs to take another angle. Start asking doctors to prescribe music. Acquiring the music becomes a medical act. The new HIPAA regulations gives the user extraordinary rights to protect their privacy -- Kazaa and any other provider of medical services would be obligated by law to not turn over information about their users.

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  14. Re:RIAA Should be commended by PunchMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    3. Pay (credit car, paypal, whatever)

    ... Credit Car??? What a fabulous idea!!! Embed your credit card on the tires of your car.

    /me drives up to Window #1 at Wendy's.

    Girl: That will be 28.10 please, how will you be paying?

    Me: Credit Car

    Girl: Please swipe your car through the reader

    /me drives car back and forth through giant magstripe reader

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  15. Re:No, no by datawar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hello, and welcome to The FreeNet Project. Enjoy your stay in our 100% anonymous file-sharing/storage p2p network.

  16. Re:umm by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cmon now. What prevents RIAA from using anonymous IP blocks that they can purchase legally for use?

    Stupidity?

    Lack of operating funds? No, wait.

  17. tweny one seconds by future+assassin · · Score: 2, Funny

    If 20 second clips are allowed why not just make you whole downlodable collection of mp3's 20 second clips. For example Metallica - Shit Song cut up into say 9 20 second demos. Then use a file spliter to put them together.
    Metallica - Shit Song Demo 1 20sec.mp3
    Metallica - Shit Song Demo 2 20sec.mp3
    Metallica - Shit Song Demo 3 20sec.mp3
    Metallica - Shit Song Demo 4 20sec.mp3
    Metallica - Shit Song Demo 5 20sec.mp3
    Metallica - Shit Song Demo 6 20sec.mp3
    Metallica - Shit Song Demo 7 20sec.mp3
    Metallica - Shit Song Demo 8 20sec.mp3
    Metallica - Shit Song Demo 9 20sec.mp3

    http://wwww.futureassassin.com

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  18. In related news... by manduwok · · Score: 2, Funny

    Kazaa's next version will be K++0x.

  19. Re:If only... by mopslik · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why not make all music free? ... you can pay $5 directly to the artist to download the cd from their website.

    This must be a new definition of "free" of which I wasn't previously aware.

  20. Wait just a darned minute... by MachineShedFred · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you installed a P2P file sharing app, and it turned ON file sharing?!

    Those BASTARDS! This is a conspiracy of machiavellian proportions!

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  21. Re:umm by notcreative · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does a wireless access point work when it is covered by a tinfoil hat? "Security through conductivity?"

  22. The RIAA's next move by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    K++
    K++
    K++
    K+++ATH0

    NO CARRIER

  23. Re:Why? by Hulboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't care if you two keep arguing, just quit spelling LOSE wrong...

  24. Re:Security Through Obscurity by abischof · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah, St Anger... I'm reminded of this quote from bash.org:

    <Movis> the evil Napster kiddies made Lars Ullrich so poor he had to sell his snare drum & replace it with a tin can

    ;)

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  25. What does that mean? by /dev/trash · · Score: 1, Funny
    We all knew it wouldn't be long... is this the war or just another battle?



    Aren't all battles a subset of a war?