Subj : Robot Holocaust (1987
To   : Arelor
From : Ogg
Date : Thu Mar 23 2023 18:15:00

Hello Arelor!

** On Tuesday 21.03.23 - 07:28, Arelor wrote to Cougar428:

 A> It is easy for Internet Service Providers to determine you are using
 A> BitTorrent.

What if you launch a VPN conection first?


 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.

If those other IPs are reassinged IPs from VPNs, it doesn't  
mean much.



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