lemmingllama Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 No, peerblock is only used by idiots who are fooled into a false sense of security. It does absolutely nothing. Think about it. How does torrents download? It connects to people in the swarm. Meaning if you're connected to them it has to be sending data back and forth, thus how it downloads. Well if it's sending data back and forth it must know where that data has to be sent to and from right? Well that means it can be traced. Sorry guys but no matter how you try to cover or hide yourself it does absolutely no good to someone who knows how to look.Well you can proxy and tunnel like crazy. With a good proxy generator that bounces you between multiple countries and tunnels through multiple proxies, you can be found but it would take a good programmer days if they have the skill to find you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazysage Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 No, peerblock is only used by idiots who are fooled into a false sense of security. It does absolutely nothing. Think about it. How does torrents download? It connects to people in the swarm. Meaning if you're connected to them it has to be sending data back and forth, thus how it downloads. Well if it's sending data back and forth it must know where that data has to be sent to and from right? Well that means it can be traced. Sorry guys but no matter how you try to cover or hide yourself it does absolutely no good to someone who knows how to look.that's the half truth actually.it's true that we can't hide behind peer block but, it helps when it comes to downloading torrents. I've see a hell lot of popular torrents screwed by some 'company people' they just become one of peer through which you download and uploads false, virus mall ware contents,and these files automatically get's spread in the whole swarm making torrent worthless. this is one of the reason for getting struck at 99% download, or files being twice the size of the mentioned size, getting a virus attack etc. I've seen some very healthy torrents getting very low speed when I use my torrent client without peerblock. like getting 15-30 KB/s and gaining speed up to 160-180 KB/s when I use peerblock. this is also because of these bad peers,I can't explain whole thing in technical terms but, it happens because of those bad peers, they send so many download request to other clients that the whole swarm traffic get's slowed down. not just that, sometime even your ISP have some kind of AI which throttle back your download speed when you download for hours through torrents, I've seen it. peerblocks prevent's all these troubles and allows me to have a smooth torrent download.you see I've only 2mb/s connection and I've unlimited downloading during night time (6 hours) I download around 70 GB per month and most of them were torrents. but of course it won't hide your IP or anything and it wont grant you the anonymity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon316 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 I also download what I want when I want, I dont use torrents, if I want something that I can only find via torrent, I have my cousin download it.Most of the time uploaders are cautious when naming files so it is generally ok... but there are programs that you can use that can hide your IP, you just have to do the research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikuoAmero Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Just in the middle of watching a program on TV, a documentary about the counterfeit crime rackets in Ireland. They're talking about the massive counterfeit DVD on market stall racket, that supposedly rakes in over €40 million/year. There's interviews with people from FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) and even a Sales Manager from Sony, who moans about the drops in sales. They don't cite a single non-biased study. I've heard about true non-biased studies, that state that because of high speed broadband, the global market for counterfeit DVDs has collapsed. They still exist but nowhere in the numbers of say ten years ago. Perhaps one of the reasons for the loss in legit sales is high prices - the store I work in is selling a basic 1 disc DVD of the original Lion King, for €20. That's right, twenty quid for a movie that's almost twenty years old! We usually use that price point for new releases, but it must be a new marketing strategy from Disney - price themselves out of the market, then go crying to governments to pass bad laws (SOPA) and extend copyright. In fact, I read an excellent article today about the fact that last time Disney got US copyright laws extended in 1978, it stopped many works released prior to 1978 from going into the public domain in 2012, when they were originally supposed to.http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2012/pre-1976 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 I recommend BTGuard.. i think that's what it is called it was in my PC Mag and it's like 50-100 bux a year and you can dl all the torrents you want without having to worry about them taking your IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budbudbud Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 you just made me realized that i may be caught too. . . downloading without paying is banned in where i live now . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroPenguins Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Well you can proxy and tunnel like crazy. With a good proxy generator that bounces you between multiple countries and tunnels through multiple proxies, you can be found but it would take a good programmer days if they have the skill to find you.Or use a VPN and no one would know who the heck are you, VPNs are way better than proxy better speeds and more stable. But problem is most of them cost money and only a few good free ones, but even so they still have limits on speed and bandwidth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanodus Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Download only what you need, that's what I say. When you dl stuff like torrents they have trackers in them and if you use utorrent I think there is a way to disable them, when you add the torrent or go to the torrent options. As for me, I download only the animes I love and then transfer them to my portable hard drive, therefore deleting them from the computer itself. Remove trackers and all that crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Or use a VPN and no one would know who the heck are you, VPNs are way better than proxy better speeds and more stable. But problem is most of them cost money and only a few good free ones, but even so they still have limits on speed and bandwidth.Yes, but normally you have to pay for a VPN. You can get people who let you tunnel though their computers though, so is kinda like a VPN but with less encryption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumRoll Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 my internet is about 89kb/s max. so theres no worries about attracting the attention of my ISP:D Although I only use sites like MU now, no torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haught19 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 hey are there any programs that are good to track your internet usage each month i got an internet provider that has gotten on to me a few times about downloading stuff . and if i understand you guys correctly you cant get caught downloading via megaupload and such correct no matter how much you download? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightraven Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 The best way is to have router that tracks the data routers handle all the network traffic so they can give the most accurate usage stats. If you have an old computer you can even build one with ipcop or pfsense. The other option is to use an app like Netstat Live from analogx the link is below but it only tracks the computer it is installed on. Most ISP don't care what you download the only time they have issue is when you go over you cap or they start getting emails from copyright holders. http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/Network/nsl/Freeware.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbi Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I live in Canada (land of the free~). My internet provider actually emailed me asking if I wanted to increase my limit (I didn't know they existed) -- they didn't ask why it was way over, just said that it was -- I increased it and they haven't bothered me since! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haught19 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 okay i am going to be getting 10meg internet through a company here called suddenlink how can i tell what my limit is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightraven Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 okay i am going to be getting 10meg internet through a company here called suddenlink how can i tell what my limit is?You will have to check whit your isp to find out what your data cap is if you know which plan you have you may be able to get the info from there website most isp have that info as a selling point on there site. If you are in us most plans there are unlimited and if you don't have one that is I would shop around for a better isp. Canada and most other locations have data caps ranging anywhere from 5gig to 800gig depending on the plan you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haught19 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 i dont know it jsut says 10meg speeds but i will look and see what they say because when i was living with my grandparents we got two letters from them warning me about downloading stuff so i am trying to play it safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma210490 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 I've never had an issue downloading large files with my ISP, so im happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorTurkey Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 For downloads there are transparent privacy services online, which you use like a secure proxy. So that all ISP sees is that your encrypted communication with the proxy service (which has no meaning from outside), on the other hand you download what ever you want no one will know, and its legal so no one can tell you to stop using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikuoAmero Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 For downloads there are transparent privacy services online, which you use like a secure proxy. So that all ISP sees is that your encrypted communication with the proxy service (which has no meaning from outside), on the other hand you download what ever you want no one will know, and its legal so no one can tell you to stop using it.Just because its legal doesn't mean they can't tell you to stop doing it. Remember Veoh? It was a completely legal service, yet it was killed in a bogus copyright lawsuit. It won in court, but the costs for lawyers killed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jªvª Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 About the peerblock thing; It will stop you from downloading and uploading to the specific person/organization if updated. But it won't stop them from knowing who you are via ip and what isp service you utilize. Like Koby said your in a network swarm, so its like your at the party under aged with alcohol but not drinking. Still goin to get nailed with underage drinking if the cops show.As for a solution and a program, gonna be honest; there is none. Proxys/VPNs are your best bet, but are short lived and bound to be shutdown or fined (which could prompt a shutdown). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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