How paranoid are you?

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I don't really want a lot of "I use a seedbox/VPN to get all my downloads its really secure (its not)" as that tends to get rather stagnant and repetitive quickly...

So to all us home downloaders out there: how paranoid are you?

What measures do you take to insure that you don't get "caught" or get an infringement notice?

Do you avoid downloading from larger sites like Demonoid or TL? Do you avoid CAM releases like the plague? Would you have downloaded something like the X-Men leak?

Perhaps more importantly, do you even think its worth it to take precautions? Do you believe that downloading from a more "secure" and "rarer" site would really make a difference? Would you give a fuck if your ISP sent you a infringement notice?

So the question is, to what extent would you go to to mask your activities?
 
I'm quite paranoid, I must admit.
I think I've explained some of my countermeasures in some threads in the past, but they range from encrypted HDDs, Server 2003 with a LOT of tweaking (trying to get courage to move on to 2008 Server, but the fact I have RAID0 HDDs is holding me back), especially firewalling with IP filtering+logging and packet sniffing (wireshark rules). Some basic shit on the router, as MAC filtering + WPA2-PSK in my wireless (i know, i should use certificates, but I can't bother doing that).
As for trackers, I use most of them, excluding public ones, where I get my shit from RS etc. I do use a IPfilter.dat in paranoia level, though I know it blocks many valid IPs, I feel somewhat safer.
There are quite some other ones that I'm missing now, but would need too much detail to go into.

Small rule of thumb: I don't touch Workprints, neither CAMs. They suck anyway.

If you guys wanna have fun, use Vuze, install it an IPfilter, and go fetch some very popular albums and movies from public trackers. Then go watch the cheer amount of IPs being blocked and banned. You'll have a laugh.
 
I grew up downloading warez via IRC and (LOL) AOL chatrooms back when AOL reigned supreme, it was on my packard bell win95 box-- ~$2000 for 133mhz cpu.. Filesharing is just part of "the internet" that I grew up with and am familiar with, it was the idea of filesharing that really sparked my interest in information technologies. If I ever got a message from my ISP about illegal activities I would feel so violated and switch ISPs immediately.. torrents or not filesharing will always be here in some shape or form, just use the technology wisely and contribute back!
 
Rart said:
I don't really want a lot of "I use a seedbox/VPN to get all my downloads its really secure (its not)" as that tends to get rather stagnant and repetitive quickly...

So to all us home downloaders out there: how paranoid are you?

What measures do you take to insure that you don't get "caught" or get an infringement notice?

Do you avoid downloading from larger sites like Demonoid or TL? Do you avoid CAM releases like the plague? Would you have downloaded something like the X-Men leak?

Perhaps more importantly, do you even think its worth it to take precautions? Do you believe that downloading from a more "secure" and "rarer" site would really make a difference? Would you give a fuck if your ISP sent you a infringement notice?

So the question is, to what extent would you go to to mask your activities?
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Whats all this...Here back in India,No one gets any notice.:happy:
I have been using torrents for years now..never received any kinda notice.
And talking about piracy..Pirated Dvd's are sold out in the streets and even the cops are pretty chilled about this..

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not really too paranoid, even after receiving a seize and desist letter a few years back. however, if I want something from a public tracker I usually try and download it with a seedbox and download it from ftp.
 
I was under the impression that private trackers were relatively safe.

I try to stay under the 250 gb a month flag from comcast so i don't get a letter..... I Think if i got a letter I'd stop using torrents (actually i don't know if i could stop lol), i may even just switch internet provider.

Also aren't warez from download sites like rapidshare less likely to get you caught? I Never really thought about this because nothing has really happened to me.
 
I really don't care, since in Canada they currently don't give a fuck. If our PM manages to pass that copyright bill through parliament then perhaps I'll start taking security measures.
 
Rart said:
....So the question is, to what extent would you go to to mask your activities?
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Why should I tell you all my secrets?
I know you work for F.A.C.T. I know YOU shut down uk-t so that you could lure me here, to this site, so that you can watch me, I know you're watching me! :shifty:

In all serious though, I used to get all my gear from a private site and felt secure enough in that. Now I'm using more public trackers. Never got a letter from an isp, although my mate has had two.

PI
 
For the moment I really don't care. Romania is still a stable country concerning torrents although politicians try to take some drastic measures in order to attract votes for their candidates.

@sez wtf is stream :D? what do you mean by that?
 
I feel extremely secure here in Israel everyone d/l illegally and the government doesn't do a thing about it. I would even say that Israel is one of the safest places in the world to d/l illegally
 
Skiz said:
I rarely use Bittorrent for anything, but when I do I only use sites that offer SSL.
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I'm assuming you mean tracker based SSL? Or just for the website? Are there any notable trackers that are completely based on SSL for the tracker portion of the site?
 
Not really paranoid about getting caught downloading as I figure with so many millions torrenting I've probably got more chance of winning the lottery than getting caught.

I do tend to avoid signing up to all the new sites that constantly appear in threads on this site though. Setting up a fake site would seem to me to be a really easy way for the authorities to get peoples details - although I don't know whether that would be classified as entrapment.
 
Albo Da Kid said:
It was terible..that's why i hate smoking weed
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Paranoia hits me too if I stopped smoking for a prolonged period of time. But it only lasts your first couple two or three times. Then it goes away and you just enjoy the mellowness.

Like Cabalo, I gotta admit I'm pretty paranoid myself. So what I did to make myself feel more secure is that I shifted more towards using forums(RS, MU, etc) and newsgroups. I still use bt. But when I do, I try to use the sites with small userbases. This gives me a sense of security. Even if it is a false sense.
 
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