On March 24th, the founders of the giant public torrent tracker The Pirate Bay rolled out a new way to browse the Internet anonymously, using a virtual private network (VPN), and began giving out beta invites.
Users could submit their email address to http://ipredator.se/ in hopes of receiving a beta invite before the service goes public this month.
Today, TPB founder Peter Sunde ... [ read the full article ]
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That all sounds like a great concept, but nothing is fool-proof and those overzealous folks who sign up for this will be enjoying a fool's paradise when eventually the MPAA and RIAA find a way to track them down. I think I'll stay the course I've been on since I first downloaded a song 10 years ago. Download sparingly and share nothing. Of course if everyone did this there'd be nothing for me to download so I thank those brave to enough share their stuff. Too scary for me. The rest of you, enjoy!
Not to sound like a conspiracy theorist but..are they SIGNING UP for the service..anonymously?! If you use your credit card or paypal account..what is the fricking POINT since you can be traced? There was a bust here awhile back..some doctor in Kerrville, Texas used his credit card to buy child model site access using his cc..site was in Ukraine I believe. Anyway, ICE (watered down version of the FBI) busted him based on the money trail. He didn't use encryption on his hard drive, so when they came knocking..he was toast. More details here:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_n..._porn_case.html
Anyway..the point is..if youre dealing in contraband (warez, isos, mp3 discographies, whatever), and you leave a money trail..you are setting yourself up for a fall. The Feds can even check the stamp you mailed payment in for a DNA sample for gods sakes!
Originally posted by 5fdpfan: That all sounds like a great concept, but nothing is fool-proof and those overzealous folks who sign up for this will be enjoying a fool's paradise when eventually the MPAA and RIAA find a way to track them down. I think I'll stay the course I've been on since I first downloaded a song 10 years ago. Download sparingly and share nothing. Of course if everyone did this there'd be nothing for me to download so I thank those brave to enough share their stuff. Too scary for me. The rest of you, enjoy!
