How to Become an Anonymous BitTorrent User
By Alexander Grundner |
October 26th, 2005
Comments (2)
Got Root? writes (via TRFJ): “Yes folks, that horrible day for the RIAA/MPAA/(insert your favorite four letter word here) has really arrived, anonymous P2P is here. Yes, its been here in other forms, such as Ants and other P2P clients that implement an anonymous mesh, but thanks to some anonymous developer, there is now a version of the wildly popular bittorrent software that works completely anonymously. The client works with the i2Pexternal link (cache) anonymous network, which means that you can now run bit torrent with nary a worry. Seeds, trackers, bit torrent search engines, clients, you name it. Read on for more information about how to install it and get up and running.”
This is a timely How-To because Digital-Lifestyle reports today that a BitTorrent file sharer was recently arrested and fined $641 for distributing “Miss Congeniality,” “Daredevil,” and “Red Planet” in Hong Kong. If you ask me, they should have thrown him in jail for distributing those titles – LOL. Anyways, Got Root? does a fairly good job explaining what’s required to become anonymous (although it may be a bit too technical for most folks), but they also suggest checking out EFF’s sponsored project, Tor network, which they have also put together a How-To for.
October 26th, 2005 at 2:55 pm
I have a code to live by. Let me watch your stuff first, if I like it I will pay for it. I fully support the multitude of professional and non professional personel required in the making of good quality movies, software, and music. But nothing aggravates me more than to spend my hard earned $$ on some garbage. I have no way of getting a refund on my money since they have made it impossible to return movies, software, and DVDs just because they suck. Once you pay for it you are stuck with it whether its good or not.
Thanks XBMC, Bitorrent, Usenet, ReplayTV, Autogordian Knot, DVDShrink, Xvid
October 27th, 2005 at 11:04 am
Nice to see someone who thinks exactly the way I do about this. If the RIAA/MPAA says we have basically no rights to the material we purchase (other than watch/listen through a TV/stereo), then technically we’re leasing/borrowing it. So why does this material have a no-return policy, this I’ve never quite understood. Someone should introduce a media-lemon-law!