How likely are you to get caught downloading torrents?

garychencoolToo bad Pirate bay is gone...

eh? ive just been looking on there

garychencoolTorrents are probably safer than direct download because you can get virus/crap. Too bad Pirate bay is gone...
that is like the torent data base...
Anyawys, I don;t download much (except for updates, etc.)

Pirate Bay is only "gone" if you live in Ireland and use an eircom connection.

Piratebay wanted to buy a country to put their servers on! Quite cool. Some artificial island called 'sealand' But yes, i dont know many ISP's that ban the pirate bay. Except China but the government owns the whole internet there.

YoshiFlipI am unlikely.I do not trust torrents.

YoshiFlipI do not trust them. My dad doesn't trust them either.

*facepalm*If you or your dad have no clue how to use torrents safely, then yes they are dangerous.You do know what p2p is right-it's the same as limewire, kazza, winmx and ares.Torrents are safer than all of those generally...though an ip adress blocker is handy :)

LoonylionI use ipfilter.dat

[me=hYpNoS]IS getting this[/me]

Replying to #44

"You do know what p2p is right-it's the same as limewire, kazza, winmx and ares."P2P is not the SAMEAS, P2P sharing is the broad term to describe those programmes. They are all categorized differently."Torrents are safer than all of those generally...though an ip adress blocker is handy :)"Not really. They give you piece of mind, that's all. Who do you think sets the lists of IP's to block? And if someone is 'tracking' you, they won't be on that list.

I am never going to get caught as long as i live in the philippines. american security tracking only can track people who live in america meaning they can't do anything to anyone outside the country. besides, torrent isn't illegal in the philippines.

Replying to #46

Torrenting may not be illegal, but the games/movies/music is. And besides many people outside of america get tracked by the american film makers. Look at China or Australia for example.

they can track anyone in the world, they just cant legally take action against anyone outside the US. Not that it stops them.

Replying to #48

I saw 'Panorama' on BBC last night. It was about illegal music downloads. These guys could just see what you where downloading and even hack into other peoples broadband and use their internet to download their illegal files! Pretty cool. Just shows you how easy it is. They also said thay proxy servers where the only 'fool proof' solution but its still not 100% safe..
Watched it LL? Your English and being on the net, you should be intrested in the 'net police' no? ;p

Replying to #49

Panorama is a scaremongering program, it has very little factual accuracy. Only one I watched was the one about wireless networks and I was completely appalled at how blatently incorrect it was.

Replying to #50

I supoose so.. But some of the stuff can be quite intresting. Your criticism is a little weak

I'm a professional network engineer. I know what I'm talking about when it comes to networks and the panorama episode was so flawed it wasnt even a mockumentary.

Replying to #52

Ok i get your point. But they cant just show lies on national broadcasting so there can be some truth behind some episodes.. Did you watch last nights show?

Replying to #53

They can and do, frequently. Nothing sells better than a scandal. and panarama was trying to stir up paranoia by intentionally portraying things in a bad light and presenting hearsay as facts.As it happens, they were caught and forced to publish an apology stating that the program was factually inaccurate and grossly misleading. So they published it in a tiny box in the middle of a magazine that virtually no-one reads.

Replying to #54

So basicly what you're saying panorama is lies within lies. Jeremy Vine is a bit of a ponce, i agree.[me=stirgo1212]agrees with loonylion[/me]

stirgo1212 · #53Ok i get your point. But they cant just show lies on national broadcasting so there can be some truth behind some episodes.. Did you watch last nights show?

The media lies on a daily basis, both in papers and broadcasting -- BBC and ITV have be caught out with lies before.

Replying to #56

ITV stinks, its just one commercial mess

So anyway, using Peerblock here. Haven't been quarantined in a while.

some torrent file download so slow, and some so fast...

yeah...some slow and some fast....is it just becouse the peer are a little?...or the seeding?....@.@