The bottom line is that as long as these P2P protection apps exist and bad servers are being blocked, and a way around packet header filtering is available, file sharing will run rampant. Many bittorrent users have the tech knowledge to know about these preventative measures and do use them. It is really sad to see, however, kids who are just looking for an easy way out that have no idea what perils are out there for P2P. Many of my friends have received those cease and desist emails from comcast and the like, and I told them about peerguardian. In order for universities and ISPs to filter P2P, a huge amount of infrastructural improvements must be made. And is it worth it? Maybe to get the RIAA off your back...
I am 17 years old. I spend LOTS of time on the internet. However I only got internet access in my room last year. Now as I look back I still feel like I was "jipped" because it would have been nice to have unmonitored internet before then, as I had the maturity to be responsible online. I knew the risks, and I was perfectly capable of protecting myself online. Frankly, I think parents today are way too paranoid. Granted this could be my teenage perspective on things, but it seems like the over-protection of children will result in a seriously incapable generation. Yes, there are online predators, yes your personal information can be compromised; but if you know how everything works you can take measures against these risks. I'm not saying parents should grant their children full internet access at the age of twelve, I'm just saying that shielding your children from the "big bad world" can only last so long. Just my two cents.
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Peerguardian + Encryption = Circumvention
The bottom line is that as long as these P2P protection apps exist and bad servers are being blocked, and a way around packet header filtering is available, file sharing will run rampant. Many bittorrent users have the tech knowledge to know about these preventative measures and do use them. It is really sad to see, however, kids who are just looking for an easy way out that have no idea what perils are out there for P2P. Many of my friends have received those cease and desist emails from comcast and the like, and I told them about peerguardian. In order for universities and ISPs to filter P2P, a huge amount of infrastructural improvements must be made. And is it worth it? Maybe to get the RIAA off your back...
I am 17 years old. I spend LOTS of time on the internet. However I only got internet access in my room last year. Now as I look back I still feel like I was "jipped" because it would have been nice to have unmonitored internet before then, as I had the maturity to be responsible online. I knew the risks, and I was perfectly capable of protecting myself online. Frankly, I think parents today are way too paranoid. Granted this could be my teenage perspective on things, but it seems like the over-protection of children will result in a seriously incapable generation. Yes, there are online predators, yes your personal information can be compromised; but if you know how everything works you can take measures against these risks. I'm not saying parents should grant their children full internet access at the age of twelve, I'm just saying that shielding your children from the "big bad world" can only last so long. Just my two cents.
WarGames anyone? except the computers are like 100x more powerful
wow good job on the -1 scores guys...didn't know that was attainable.
some people...
Apparently the servers cannot handle the /. horde