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BitTorrent and End to End Encryption

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the end-runs-and-other-oddities dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As ISPs like Shaw and Rogers throttle their bandwidth to counter the growth of BitTorrent, BitTorrent developers are fighting back with end to end encryption. Oddly enough, Bram Cohen, the original brains behind BitTorrent, doesn't support this direction. Is there really anything he can do about it?"

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  1. Re:What are ISPs selling? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    * You want to $40/Mbps per month measured by 95th-percentile?

    Take all the network you need or want subject to minimal terms & conditions and comes with a robust SLA you can hold me to.

    * You want $30/month for "unlimited" broadband?

    That comes with a very restrictive AUP (no servers, no P2P) and I'll get around to fixing an outage when the mood hits.

    * Oh, you ignored/violated the AUP?

    Tough. You're disconnected and here's a bill for early termination.

    There's no such thing as a free lunch. Grow up.

  2. In Soviet Russia ... by SamoVasGledamo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Torrents encrypt YOU!

  3. Re:Encryption isn't the solution we need, or want. by Sithgunner · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why don't you people stop uploading/downloading illegaly obtained copyrighted material for good?