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Re: I Know What You Download on BitTorrent

#82

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> it's almost impossible to argue that you pirated in the first place Wouldn't the ISP be able to prove you were assigned that IP at that time of day?

Yup. ISP gets DMCA notice, notice says date and time and IP -- ISP absolutely capable of knowing which customer was assigned that IP at that time. You can't really take DMCA notices with a "grain of salt". Many ISPs will just cut you as a customer after you get enough of them, as DMCA notices require effort on their part and the amount of effort their IT and legal staff spend dealing with other IT and legal staff loo…

While I agree that DMCA notices have serious results, in general, it's very possible that someone hacked your network, or you don't have a password-protected wifi (all of which means you didn't torrent the content that they said you did).

Most copyright protection services, generally just grab thousands of IP addresses and send notices (without knowing who you really are). If you do respond, they'll then sue you if you refuse their exorbitant fine (along with countless others who did the same - as it's generally too expensive to sue just one person).

Re: I Know What You Download on BitTorrent

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post #30

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I'm curious: how long did you seed on that torrent?

I received one 20 Minutes after I started a download.

That's interesting. I was always under the impression that they only go after seeders.

Re: I Know What You Download on BitTorrent

#84
post #29

> 8.8.8.8 is your IP address. I don't think so.

DNS server by day, Anime torrenter by night

When you think about it, it is a bit suspicious that 8.8.8.8 knows where all the websites are. Even really dodgy ones. What does 8.8.8.8 spend its time doing to find all that out, eh?

Re: I Know What You Download on BitTorrent

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This is actually quite scary. They seem to be technically capable people willing to provide a service to law enforcement. They write on the Russian version of About Us page: [1]

We are ready to share our data, providing automated API to raw data or aggregated reports. We also have technical means to catch users who share torrent downloads. By connecting to user's computer and downloading a small piece of torrent, we can get a TCP-log of communication with the user. Data in this log have a unique "print" - crypto hash, which matches hash from the torrent. This allows to indisputably prove the fact of distribution of content from a given IP address. It will be important in Russia soon. [...] P.S.: We also can build recommendation systems, deanonymize users of torrent sites and many other things.

[1] https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/ru/contacts/

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