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Offline Clive

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Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders
« on: September 06, 2012, 22:12 »
Within 3 hours of downloading, the copyright enforcers likely have your IP address, according to researchers who put a fake pirate server online and then sat back to see who came sniffing around.

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/09/06/honeypot-monitoring-bittorrent-downloaders/?utm_source=Naked+Security+-+Sophos+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4d1ec32bf3-naked%252Bsecurity
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Re: Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2012, 22:52 »
It's no fun any more!   :bawl:
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Re: Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2012, 10:37 »
It comes with age! :devil:
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Re: Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2012, 14:28 »
I'll let you know...   :devil:
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Re: Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2012, 17:01 »
I hope. :)
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