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Re: Windows 10 users are being banned from torrent sites

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Post by throwawaykf05 »

x5n1 wrote: post #288
adestefan wrote: post #133

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> Hatred for Microsoft? I have none. When you post "M$" in a reply I automatically mark you as rabidly anti-Microsoft and usually stop reading. I'm not a fan of Microsoft, but childish acts such as those have no place in a rational discussion.

Okay stop reading. Your response smells of fanboyism, blind faith, and ad-hominem attacks which are rather childish in themselves. I got my point across and it seems the vast readership is behind me.

The vast readership... on a site where open source is the primary religion and the readership includes a significant population of Slashdot escapees. Look up "confirmation bias" and "preaching to the choir".

Re: Windows 10 users are being banned from torrent sites

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x5n1 wrote: post #288
adestefan wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Hatred for Microsoft? I have none. When you post "M$" in a reply I automatically mark you as rabidly anti-Microsoft and usually stop reading. I'm not a fan of Microsoft, but childish acts such as those have no place in a rational discussion.

Okay stop reading. Your response smells of fanboyism, blind faith, and ad-hominem attacks which are rather childish in themselves. I got my point across and it seems the vast readership is behind me.

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Re: Windows 10 users are being banned from torrent sites

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Post by deno »

djrogers wrote: post #212
nirvdrum wrote: post #106

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I have no idea if the the trackers are doing this or not, but you could use TCP/IP stack fingerprinting. It's a bit costly, so I doubt it's in use. But it could be one way to achieve it. It's certainly not 100% accurate, but my experience with nmap is the detection works surprisingly well: https://nmap.org/book/man-os-detection.html

That requires the server to be able to make network requests to the host - not gonna happen for most users busting your site.

Only if you use nmap as-is. Also majority of torrent software uses UPnP IGD to open TCP port (which is then advertised to the tracker).

I’m not sure but I think µTorrent on Windows also listens on the Toredo provided IPv6 address.

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Post by ake1 »

outworlder wrote: post #175
zxcvcxz wrote: post #95

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Linux on the Desktop works stunningly for me. Seeing as you're an OS X fan I'm going to link you to this HN thread so we can go ahead and stop pretending that trash OS "just works": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10010395 As far as OSS interfaces go, I wouldn't be surprised if you're using an open source browser right now, seeing as the closed source alternatives don't compare. Windows has nothing to show for t…

> Seeing as you're an OS X fan I'm going to link you to this HN thread so we can go ahead and stop pretending that trash OS "just works": The operating system is fine. Complaining about a bunch of built-in applications gets us nowhere. I'd rather complain about the fact that the default filesystem is case insensitive, for instance.

> I'd rather complain about the fact that the default filesystem is case insensitive, for instance.

i see that as a positive thing.

Re: Windows 10 users are being banned from torrent sites

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Post by hadeharian »

x5n1 wrote: post #13

Basically M$ adoption of this strategy is the death knell for any semblance of privacy on the PC. It's amazing how far we have come to accepting such draconian measures in order to further marketing. There is still time people, come on over to Linux, the privacy here is still fine and will continue to be fine. And if you come over, then all the desktop software makers will port their software to Linux and all the col…

Or the death knell for windows. Take your pick. I like privacy. I hate windows.

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Post by hadeharian »

KaterKarlo123 wrote: post #62
x5n1 wrote: post #13

Basically M$ adoption of this strategy is the death knell for any semblance of privacy on the PC. It's amazing how far we have come to accepting such draconian measures in order to further marketing. There is still time people, come on over to Linux, the privacy here is still fine and will continue to be fine. And if you come over, then all the desktop software makers will port their software to Linux and all the col…

I've deactivated all reporting and services that call back home (at least which I was aware of). In addition I've installed glasswire to check the network activities. So far I can assure you: Compared to my Android phone Windows 10 is absolutely mute. There're no noticeable differences compared to Windows 7. You seem to be more driven by your hatred towards Microsoft than by real privacy concerns.

Microsoft is not driven by stupid people. I would expect that system update packets to home base would possess information that would be useful to MS researchers, among other things. Even if it's not there, MS should be experts in steganography. They don't have to leave you clues what they use.

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Post by LordJZ »

skrowl wrote: post #125
KaterKarlo123 wrote: post #62

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I've deactivated all reporting and services that call back home (at least which I was aware of). In addition I've installed glasswire to check the network activities. So far I can assure you: Compared to my Android phone Windows 10 is absolutely mute. There're no noticeable differences compared to Windows 7. You seem to be more driven by your hatred towards Microsoft than by real privacy concerns.

You you provide us with a powershell script or app that you used to disable all the call home stuff? It would be nice to have it all in one place. FWIW, https://fix10.isleaked.com/ is what I've been going off of so far

Here's what I've been using, in addition to all the manual stuff and things like Destroy Windows 10 Spying[1]: https://gist.github.com/LordJZ/70d463335b2b7ab06e4f (still contains some stuff from DW10S because I started collecting snippets before it was released)

Feel free to contribute.

[1] https://github.com/Nummer/Destroy-Windows-10-Spying

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Post by throwawaykf05 »

kefka wrote: post #219
keithpeter wrote: post #74

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I use a free operating system (Linux, currently Slackware) because I take property rights seriously. Years ago I decided that I did not want to use 'cracked' software and didn't have much money. Strange how things turn out.

> I use a free operating system (Linux, currently Slackware) because I take property rights seriously. That's weird. Physical property rights are very different to Intellectual Property Rights (copyright, patent, trademark). IPR can lead you to absurd conclusions: I own a DVD, and copy data to it, and the data is under copyright, the DVD now belongs to 2 different parties ?! Or, if I develop a widget, and manufacture…

Your "absurd" conclusions seem to be based on limited understanding of IPR and related facts.

1. The DVD example: if the data is under copyright and you do not own the rights, you cannot legally copy it (except for fair use etc. exceptions). The data on the DVD is an illegal copy, but it does not mean the rights holder owns the DVD itself.

2. You do not owe anyone anything for infringing a patent unless it is asserted. If it is asserted, then it's something you negotiate with the patent holder or go to court over it. It's no different from when people accidentally develop things on somebody else's land. I don't see what's absurd about that.

3. Accidental cross-pollination only ever results in negligible fractions of fields being covered with patented genes. If you look at the history of Monsanto lawsuits, each and every defendant was proven to have deliberately cross-pollinated their fields (e.g. Bowman had 80% plus of his field covered, and it was undeniably non-accidental). So the concern of having to destroy any significant part of your seed stock is purely theoretical.

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Post by fencepost »

smtddr wrote: post #158
KaterKarlo123 wrote: post #62

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I've deactivated all reporting and services that call back home (at least which I was aware of). In addition I've installed glasswire to check the network activities. So far I can assure you: Compared to my Android phone Windows 10 is absolutely mute. There're no noticeable differences compared to Windows 7. You seem to be more driven by your hatred towards Microsoft than by real privacy concerns.

>>I've deactivated all reporting and services that call back home (at least which I was aware of). In addition I've installed glasswire to check the network activities. I'm going to recommend to you, or anyone, wanting to verify Windows 10 network behavior to do it without depending on software running on the OS itself. Try verifying it again using network analyzing software on linux or macosx, running downstream of…

I would be astonished to see "below the stack" communications for anything official from Microsoft, because that takes the public conversation from "look at all these features that affect privacy" to "look at how Microsoft is TRYING TO HIDE privacy invading features."

Since MS knows that Windows communications are going to be under a microscope anyway the odds of them expecting to successfully hide the very existence of communications seem low to me, and once they're known to exist they WILL be inspected and publicized.

I'd expect the below-stack communications to be from espionage folks instead, quite frankly.

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