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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.

  2. 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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  3. 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...

  4. 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?