Zyrtec
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Annapolis Junction, MD | After Megaupload: 7 Sites the FBI Might Target Next? It looks like Megaupload.com will not be the first nor the last sharing web-site the U.S. Feds will come after. Thus, if you have files stored on-line you'd better try to save them to USB HDDs or else...
»www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399462,00.asp |
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 antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
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1 edit | said by Zyrtec:It looks like Megaupload.com will not be the first nor the last sharing web-site the U.S. Feds will come after. Thus, if you have files stored on-line you'd better try to save them to USB HDDs or else...
»www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399462,00.asp
You shouldn't even rely on remote backups. Always have multiple copies on different places (not just in house).
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said by Zyrtec:It looks like Megaupload.com will not be the first nor the last sharing web-site the U.S. Feds will come after. Thus, if you have files stored on-line you'd better try to save them to USB HDDs or else...
Anyone that relies -solely- on cloud backup for data redundancy is a moron. And I use that term in the nicest way possible. |
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| said by psafux:Anyone that relies -solely- on cloud backup for data redundancy is a moron. And I use that term in the nicest way possible.
Personally, I hope they pick up on this & run with it.
The change will be refreshing.
I'm bored with the current excuse set e.g.,
"I don't have the report because the Russians hacked into my computer last night ..."
I'd much prefer
"I would have had my report if not for the MPAA ordering DHS to take down the cloud server..."
The drama of the Russians, Chinese, Canadians hacking into computers has grown old.
Replacing it with blame directed @DHS, MPAA, influence peddlers etc... is far more exciting, not to mention even plausible as an excuse.  |
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| What about Russian influence peddlers?
Nobody is safe, mass hysteria! |
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| said by Pseudonym01:What about Russian influence peddlers?
Well that's the whole point.
The villian list is endless, far more terrifying & even plausible.
Just how believable is getting hacked by Canadian hacker & even if true how much empathy does that generate? |
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| said by EGeezer:The dog ate my login credentials.
Uhmm... by any chance, did it happen to be a Russian Wolfhound?
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said by antdude:Always have multiple copies! Wouldn't that just result in multiple counts in the indictment? |
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| A lot of people in the open source Android community uses these services to distribute tools, MODs, scripts, themes, ROMs, and other various things for the Android community. All of which are completely legal to download.
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| said by trparky:A lot of people in the open source Android community uses these services to distribute tools, MODs, scripts, themes, ROMs, and other various things for the Android community. All of which are completely legal to download. You're not suggesting Megaupload made any money off such distribution services, are you? |
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| said by AB:You're not suggesting Megaupload made any money off such distribution services, are you? I'm sure that they did make money.
But I'm just saying that these services are used for legal purposes, less than a quarter of a percent which is practically a drop in the bucket of all the illegal files that these services allow people to upload and download.
Probably for every one legal file that's uploaded and shared, there's probably a billion files that are uploaded and shared that are illegal.
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| said by trparky:. . these services are used for legal purposes, less than a quarter of a percent which is practically a drop in the bucket of all the illegal files that these services allow people to upload and download.
Probably for every one legal file that's uploaded and shared, there's probably a billion files that are uploaded and shared that are illegal.
Probably? In the sentence right above you gave a specific stat that only 1/4 of 1 percent were legal.
Where did that stat come from? A special place where the moon don't shine? |
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trparkyApple... YUMPremium,MVM
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| said by trparky:Yeah... it was a number I pulled out of my ass. But I'm probably not too far off. Well, just so long as you're sure you're "probably not too far off" with such a stat then . . . |
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| Why are they not going after the usenet (news://) providers? |
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 ltsnowPremium
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Mannard on the PCMag website sums it up best:
"Filepost, Filefactory, Filesonic, Fileserve, UploadKing, iFolder... the list goes on and on. Stupid ass feds need to realize that you can keep trying to stop the filesharing but you never will. It's about as pathetic as the drug war on marijuana." |
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There will always be countries willing to host the file sharing servers who won't allow DOJ access. It could be a tremendous money-maker for them.
I would be very surprised if they managed a takedown of Rapidshare; they seem to have their legal ducks in order. And The Pirate Bay will just pop up again; can't keep a good pirate down.
If I had the wherewithal and the knowledge about how to set up a file-sharing company, I'd do it in a heartbeat now. There's money to me made in them thar hills now that everyone is scrambling around to find new hosts. 
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said by ltsnow:Mannard on the PCMag website sums it up best:
"Filepost, Filefactory, Filesonic, Fileserve, UploadKing, iFolder... the list goes on and on. Stupid ass feds need to realize that you can keep trying to stop the filesharing but you never will. It's about as pathetic as the drug war on marijuana."
The idea's to stop it keep coming though....this one promises a cut of revenue for redirects.
"The internet could be on the verge of a revolution as internet providers use new technology to filter out pirated material, child pornography and malware and buddy up with copyright owners to bolster their own revenues, an Australian technologist has forecast.
Kevin Bermeister, one of the original financial backers of Skype, said in a blog that technology sold by the likes of network equipment giants Cisco, Juniper and Huawei had developed to the point where it would be possible for internet providers to offer a "global file registry filter" that would reduce piracy and net nasties "to a very small problem".
»www.theage.com.au/technology/tec···rzk.html
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