Subj : Re: Robot Holocaust (1987
To : Ogg
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Mar 24 2023 06:52 am
-=> Ogg wrote to Arelor <=-
Og> What if you launch a VPN conection first?
That helps - make sure you pick a reputable provider who doesn't keep
logs of traffic.
A> BitTorrent traffic is usually encrypted nowadays, but anybody downloading
A> the same files as you can also find out easily you are downloading the
A> same file. In effect, the only thing you need to know who are downloading
A> some piece of copyrighted material is to start downloading yourself and
A> then check the list of IPs in the swarm.
Og> If those other IPs are reassinged IPs from VPNs, it doesn't
Og> mean much.
You do need to be extra-careful; ensure that your VPN has a kill-switch.
If the connection goes down, the VPN client needs to either block all
traffic or have the capability of killing an app, like your torrent
client, to ensure that you don't send traffic in the clear.
... Don't give Chad a big neural network
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