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Anti-piracy Vigilantes Tracking P2P Users
brevard writes "From SecurityFocus comes news that a pair of coders with a deep hatred of software pirates have gone public with a months-old experiment to trick file sharers into running custom spyware they wrote that scolds users and phones home to a server. They circulated the program disguised as sought-after downloads like Unreal Tournament 2004 and Microsoft source code, and they have a website that updates in real time whever someone executes it. They've logged IP addresses for over 12,000 'pirates' since January. The EFF says the vigilantes may be committing a crime."
i hope someone beats the shit out of these fags.
Software's just a collection of bits and bytes.
Why should it NOT be free? Information SHOULD be free in most cases.
These guys are the ones breaking the law -- they're hacking others' computers. We are not doing anything wrong. We're allowed to share with our friends.
Background: 28/M/Bi-Sexual; Owner of a Linux company; MBA Harvard 2003; B.S. Comp Sci MIT 2000
They are obviously committing a crime... I wonder if this is the RIAA attacking on another front...
I'd like to call him personally and thank him for his excellent work. Anyone found the number yet?
Oh, I see Kevin Poulsen wrote the article. They're probably busy whacking off to each other on the phone right now anyway.
Fuck um, I say, fuck um.
Sounds like a couple of guys who wrote a crappy shareware program, that was overpriced, underperformed and then blamed "piracy" for their failure.
Some guys are worse than ex-smokers.
But seriuosly, just ignore them. They like the publicity, and you're just feeding it. Its like the jesus freaks who get upset a middle aged black woman bared her boob on TV. Big fucking deal.
They think jesus has lightening bolts he's going to throw at them. Superstitious morons.
They're all cut from the same cloth, they're really just a joke. Really, you can't take them seriuosly.
You just a script kiddy with nothing to do.
Don't worry, your attitude will change once you discover girls. Maybe someday you'll get laid, although I suspect you'll have to get a job first.
Pisser.
Yup, the like 10 people who unlike you can afford a Mac. Which is probably why you are here whining your mouth off in the first place.....
"Props to these guys for sticking up for whats right.", the said the idiot with the small penis, hoping that somebody, ANYBODY would take them seriously.
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No junior, we still can't take you seriously. I think you'd better get the clearasil, get a girl, and maybe if you buy her a ring, she'll bang you. In fact, maybe you can find a girl who can bang the "stupid" right outta you. Because right now, you seem to be about as stupid as people get here on
Oh here's a tip, don't pirate software morons.
... um.... what? They kiss your booboo all good?
I mean honestly how do you complain about this? My Kazaa download of MS Office [retail price big] was munged with a virus!!!
Now you run to the cops to whine about it and
I personally think this is a good thing. Maybe it will make people think twice before they waste gobs of bandwidth pirating software they should have either bought [cuz let's face it, piracy is theft. You're getting something, retail quality, you didn't pay for....hmm] or sought a replacement for.
Can't afford winxp? Get a linux distro. Can't afford Office? Get OpenOffice. Can't afford video games? Get a job. blah blah blah...
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
By design.
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A bunch of software pirates complaining about illegal online activity!
Oh the irony! It is great! Way to go guys!
Ah well - I am a software developer - I pay for the software I use and expect people to pay for mine (well, my company's anyway) in return so that I can put food in my son's mouth.
I am very small, utmostly microscopic.
If we have to explain this to you then your sense of morality has obviously not developed to an adult level. There is no point in wasting time trying to illustrate to you what should be an obvious dichotomy.
Let's be honest. If these guys were, say, DOSing the RIAA or SCO websites, they'd be hailed as heroes. But harrassing Warez users on the sacred P2P networks? Oh, THOSE ASSHOLES.
Lots of self-righteous anger about the evil of this being a Trojan, and abusing MY PROPERTY and such, and.....hey, these complaints sound familiar. Where have I heard them before, hmmm?
For the people outraged about this, isn't getting hosed downloading warez comparible to, oh say, getting robbed in a crack house?
Life is hard, and the world is cruel
> The EFF says the vigilantes may be committing a
> crime.
Who cares what the EFF thinks or says. Their
nothing but a bunch shills for extreme left
wing organizations.
Oh no, those poor pirates trying to warze the latest copy of UT are getting 0wned. How dare someone does something that harms them for partaking in illegal activites! Maybe they can sue those who have inffected warze for zillions!
Maybe if the little thiefs just like the other members of society actully paid for their software instead of being the greedy free loaders that they are, they wouldn't be having these problems. They diserve what they get.
Don't like getting a virus when you download warze? Then get a job and pay for your software, you lazy cheap skates.