Big brother is watching you torrent

[whisky]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19474829

Luckily my download limits have cut short my former torrenting, but the fact that it is probably all logged somewhere is somewhat disturbing.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Hardcore Nazi Monkey Porn is nothing to be ashemd of.

 

[Fuddlemiff]

Of course, if it has any effect whatsoever (which I doubt very much), knowing this may just make people increase their downloading, as if they've been tracked every time and had no correspondence from the copyright owners, they may just take that as an acceptance for them to continue.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Remember when PirataBay was blocked in the UK except everyone still uses it?

 

[whisky]

Yeah, because they hadn't heard of proxies