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Title: Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders
Post by: Clive 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

Title: Re: Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders
Post by: Simon on September 06, 2012, 22:52

It's no fun any more!   :bawl:

Title: Re: Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders
Post by: Rik on September 07, 2012, 10:37

It comes with age! :devil:

Title: Re: Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders
Post by: Simon on September 07, 2012, 14:28

I'll let you know...   :devil:

Title: Re: Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders
Post by: Rik on September 07, 2012, 17:01

I hope. :)