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Thanks To Encryption, UK Efforts To Block Torrent Sites Are Pointless (betanews.com)

Posted by timothy on from the praise-be-to-jeebus dept.

Mark Wilson writes: In the UK, ISPs are required to block access to a number of big-name torrent sites — the thinking being that sites such as The Pirate Bay are used primarily for (gasp!) downloading pirated material. Despite the government's desire to control what people can access online, good old HTTPS means that people are able to very easily bypass any blocks that may be put in place. There are all manner of proxy services and mirror sites that provide access to otherwise-blocked content, but these are really not needed. With the likes of The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents offering secure, encrypted connection, accessing the goodies they contain could involve little more than sticking an extra 's' in the URL.

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  1. Um by penguinoid · · Score: 4, Informative

    Adding an 's' won't change the name nor IP address of the website you're visiting.

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  2. Re:Been playing that game for ten years... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Local teacher's union hacked by school administration"

    "Hundreds of teacher's bank accounts compromised by security breach"

    "School IT admin fired after uncovering principal's BDSM activity"