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This is How We Catch You Downloading

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the line-and-worm dept.

marto writes "All over Europe thousands of people are being threatened with court action for allegedly sharing games like Dream Pinball 3D on P2P networks. Now, documents obtained by TorrentFreak show details of the anti-piracy company's techniques for identifying alleged file-sharers on the internet and the gathering of claimed 'forensic quality' evidence for use in court cases."

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  1. Why don't we ... by Sod75 · · Score: 5, Funny

    put the entire internet behind a NAT router ? :)

    1. Re:Why don't we ... by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

      Because a 15 year old might decide to shutdown the internet with a single email?

      No need for email, there's a convenient web interface available.
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    2. Re:Why don't we ... by digitalhermit · · Score: 5, Funny

      OK, I just reconfigured my Linksys by switching the LAN and WAN ports. Please use 192.168.0.1 as your gateway and it should work.

    3. Re:Why don't we ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      we tried that with small towns.. kills the router pretty quick.

    4. Re:Why don't we ... by awarlaw · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hey, that's my gateway. Go get your own!

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  2. Juicy bits pulled from server to prevent /.'ing by carpe_noctem · · Score: 4, Funny

    -Link to PDF temporarily removed, will return later-

    What, no .torrent file?!

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  3. Re:How? by Fred_A · · Score: 5, Funny

    Simple :
    ifconfig eth0 127.0.0.1

    Now they'll never find me ! Hahahaha !

    Eh, wait...

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  4. Techniques by noz · · Score: 3, Funny

    details of the anti-piracy company's techniques for identifying alleged file-sharers on the internet
    People who visit the linked article?
  5. Re:How? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    ifconfig eth0 127.0.0.1

    Now they'll never find me ! Hahahaha !


    That's what you say! I can see your ssh port open, and I'm already in! Count down to "rm -rf /": five, four, three, two...

  6. Re:Automated lawsuits by Shabbs · · Score: 2, Funny

    If it costs you a dollar per letter and 0.1% of people accept your "offer", a million letters will net you a million dollars. Maybe this is the new business model for big media. And no profit!
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  7. Re:Industrial fascism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    governments should begin experimenting with the use of webcams and computer microphones to monitor people for other illegal behaviors.

    We already do that...why do you think there's a free microphone in every laptop?

    Sincerely,
    NSA

  8. Re:Automated lawsuits by Deorus · · Score: 5, Funny

    > I feel sorry for all of the people with a wireless network using a SSID of "Linksys".

    Aren't Linksys and Default free wireless broadband ISPs?

  9. Re:"foolproof"? by avelldiroll · · Score: 2, Funny

    i like that one too: "If you make something idiot-proof, the universe creates a better idiot."

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  10. Re:Industrial fascism by lawpoop · · Score: 3, Funny

    "When are these guys going to adopt a really cool logo, like a cross with bent arms or a bundle of sticks wrapped around an axe?"

    How about an impersonal, all-seeing eye on top of a pyramid of money and lawyers, watching everything you do on the computer?

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  11. Re:How? by cerberusss · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now they'll never find me ! Hahahaha !
    . . . says "Fred @ N48 53'06 E02 19'15" . . .
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  12. Re:Yeah how do you change that? by numbski · · Score: 2, Funny

    rm /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow (or /etc/master.passwd if you're on FreeBSD). That ought to fix it right up.

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