 NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
 ·Site5.com
 ·Comcast
 ·Callcentric
| Its not that private Maybe I am mistaken here, but this VPN service isn't that private. I compare it to a private torrent site. There are people out there that sign up for these private sites and pay a little money for a donation. They can download and upload torrents, and outside members can't connect to them. However, internal accounts can see all the usernames, IP addresses, and such. Whats stopping someone from the RIAA/MPAA from getting an account and getting this information?
Same goes for this VPN solution. This is great protection from everyone outside the VPN. However, it won't protect you if some RIAA investigator gets access to the VPN. Getting access doesn't look like its a problem. Pay your $6.80 a month and you have access to the VPN and you also have access to all the torrents, users, and such on it.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Comcast
| But the $6.80 cloaks your traffic until it reaches the TPB VPN concentrator, effectively masking what you're doing with the connection. If your ISP likes to mess with BitTorrent they can't with the VPN...
Personally I think it's a cool idea. If you're on a campus network or something else that's wireless and unencrypted, this is sorta like Hotspot Shield except for-pay, probably a little faster, and no ads. |
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Private trackers require an invite from a member, and the good ones have harsh consequences for inviting someone who doesn't maintain a decent ratio.
Unless someone invited a MAFIAA rep as part of a plea agreement or something, they wouldn't ever be able to create an account. |
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amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America Reviews:
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Simple - you'd be sharing with other users on the same VPN network, which would use its own pool(s) of IP addresses.
If logs can't match who used what, and when, then, then it's certainly more private than your public IP address...
That being said, this still sounds like a shady deal.
Neat idea, but it's still just more cat/mouse.
If you really want to get down to it, "they" could still theoretically track who's doing what pretty easily. With all the taps in place on the 'net, it's only a matter of how much effort they want to put into it, and how many people they need to pay off to gain access to said taps.
Granted, there are still more cat/mouse games to be played at this level as well. |
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NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI Reviews:
·Site5.com
·Comcast
·Callcentric
| reply to lordofwhee
said by lordofwhee:Private trackers require an invite from a member, and the good ones have harsh consequences for inviting someone who doesn't maintain a decent ratio. Unless someone invited a MAFIAA rep as part of a plea agreement or something, they wouldn't ever be able to create an account. Investigators getting on private tracker sites is not unheard of. Besides, all they have to do is seed up and donate to get a good ratio, then just connect to the torrents and start writing down IPs. |
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NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI Reviews:
·Site5.com
·Comcast
·Callcentric
| reply to iansltx
said by iansltx:But the $6.80 cloaks your traffic until it reaches the TPB VPN concentrator, effectively masking what you're doing with the connection. If your ISP likes to mess with BitTorrent they can't with the VPN... Personally I think it's a cool idea. If you're on a campus network or something else that's wireless and unencrypted, this is sorta like Hotspot Shield except for-pay, probably a little faster, and no ads. Still, once you get onto the VPN connection, you can effectively track the user the same way. I suppose that it would be more difficult because you are given a VPN private IP and to track it to your public internet IP would be a pain in the ass. Still, it something to at least be aware of. If an investigator gets on that VPN, they can track you down. Its not like you are truly anonymous, but it is a step in the right direction. |
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