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Anyone Can Play Big Brother With BitTorrent
An anonymous reader writes "I was at the 3rd USENIX Workshop on Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats yesterday, and there were people from the French Institute for Computer Science who have continuously spied on most BitTorrent users on the Internet for 100 days, from a single machine. They've also identified 70% of all content providers; yes, those guys that insert the new contents into BitTorrent. As a BitTorrent user, I was shocked that anyone with a box connected to the Internet can spy on what everyone is downloading on BitTorrent."
Well ya. Chicks can't use computers.
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
Better then a fucking coward that is afraid to use his login because he is a pussy about his karma.
Least I have the balls to put my own name up.
Whats your excuse fucking asshole.
Anonymous comments are as pathetic as the anonymous "sources" that contaminate gutless journalism from the New York Time
I'm not going to get into the copyright violation vs theft argument (again), but this is just plain WRONG. Drivel like this reeks of **AA and artist entitlement whining.
YOU are denying the person who created the content the sale.
No, because I had no plans on buying whatever it was I'm downloading. If I can get X for free, I'll grab it. If I can't, I'll do without. No sale lost.
Theft
There is nothing left to even consider of your reply. You admit you never intended to buy it. No matter if you liked the movie or not.
Your a theif. Simple as that.
Anonymous comments are as pathetic as the anonymous "sources" that contaminate gutless journalism from the New York Time
Going without is making the decesion to not own a copy of the material. By you downloading, you now have in your posession a copy of the material which you never purchased.
Stealing
Anonymous comments are as pathetic as the anonymous "sources" that contaminate gutless journalism from the New York Time
Horse shit. Making a copy is not stealing. Get your terms right.
Thanks. Not often I receive (or even share) a compliment from /. (:
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV)
It really is not easy to shield yourself when you use a protocol that by its very nature must identify your machine uniquely. The best you can do is hide and make your discovery more difficult. You can't completely prevent it completely and still access the internet in any useful way. Brac Apartments
Nope, for most of the EU sharing files in a non profitable way will not get you in trouble.
:(
I'm happy sharing 100GB per day.
Only the e-fascist countries goes after non-profit file sharers.
I do feel your pain
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