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Re: VPN providers being sued?

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:17:29 EDT

NewsgroupRev posted : TorrentFreak released an updated list with more info over the weekend:
»torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-th···-130302/

They went back and asked more privacy related questions. Along with DMCA procedures and a question related to the the anonymity of their payment systems.

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Re: VPN providers being sued?

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:25:10 EDT

Pirate515 posted :

said by Rojo:

What I've yet to see confirmed or denied by someone who is in the biz is: are USA VPN's and NSP's mandated by law to keep user logs?

Been waiting years to see this addressed authoritatively and definitively...but it never happens.

According to the above-referenced TorrentFreak article, if you look at responses from US-based VPN providers (Private Internet Access, IPVanish), there are no mandatory data retention requirements here. Which is why they claim that they don't keep any logs.

Of course, the way things are going, many (myself included) think that it's only a matter of time before something requiring mandatory data retention gets passed here in the US.

Another thing is that this article is dated as of October 2011, so around a year and a half has passed since the time it was written.
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Re: VPN providers being sued?

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:58:00 EDT

NormanS posted :

said by Rojo:

What I've yet to see confirmed or denied by someone who is in the biz is: are USA vpn's and nsp's mandated by law to keep user logs?

Been waiting years to see this addressed authoritatively and definitively. . . but it never happens.

Probably because it would require an attorney with experience in laws regulating ISPs to provide an authoritative answer.
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Re: VPN providers being sued?

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:58:29 EDT

MagnusNO posted : So far I haven't heard of providers being sued. Only providers that log your VPN activity even have anything to provide to law enforcement, such as HideMyAss (»vpnverge.com/truths-about-hidemyass/) -> read the explanation at the bottom of the article.
After the LulzSec case many VPN providers started to rethink their logging policies, and some chose not to keep logs or purge them frequently enough so individual users could not be identified.

The real question now is what happens when a provider gets a request for information (whatever that may be called in a particular country) and doesn't have any information to show for. Can the provider be compelled to keep logs to comply?

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:25:19 EDT

juilinsandar posted :

said by ophelus:

Reason I hate SSL and usenet.. is that encryption loses you mbit :p (perhaps when I get google fiber.. I won't care :D )

Does make me wonder though.. wonder if vpn's lose mbit too?

I use ssl usenet all the time. I max out my line with no problems.
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Re: VPN providers being sued?

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:06:53 EDT

Rojo posted : What I've yet to see confirmed or denied by someone who is in the biz is: are USA vpn's and nsp's mandated by law to keep user logs?

Been waiting years to see this addressed authoritatively and definitively. . . but it never happens.

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:59:24 EDT

BIGMIKE posted : WOT poor reputation

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:22:29 EDT

Jessica19 posted : Definitely use non-logging vpn. There is a list of no log vpn providers on vpn verge. »vpnverge.com/why-no-log-vpn/ It looks like most of them support Torrenting. Some of the sites look really crappy though.

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:34:17 EDT

HonEkut posted : Here is a good article on VPN logs and what each service has to say about them.

»torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-provi···-111007/

oops ... I see it was already posted ... sorry !

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:37:09 EDT

ophelus posted : Reason I hate SSL and usenet.. is that encryption loses you mbit :p (perhaps when I get google fiber.. I won't care :D )

Does make me wonder though.. wonder if vpn's lose mbit too?

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:01:52 EDT

burger eater posted : Which VPN providers log? I'd assume all, even "torrent friendly" ones. I wouldn't trust any.

If you're worried about bare torrenting from VPN, here's a better setup: You-> VPN-> SeedBox.

Only connect to the seedbox via VPN. Download finished torrents from the seedbox via VPN. Assuming you paid for the seedbox via the VPN using hard to trace currency (bitcoins,etc), they don't know who you are and the VPN provider won't know what the hell you're downloading, if you used SSL. You could even add an extra VPN.

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:54:44 EDT

swintec posted :

said by burger eater:

Don't do it. Tor isn't meant for heavy use.

I can't even get it to serve web pages reliably most of the time. High traffic apps definitely hurts the network.
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Re: VPN providers being sued?

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:33:00 EDT

burger eater posted : Don't do it. Tor isn't meant for heavy use.

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:04:05 EDT

ophelus posted : I believe it's probably possible for you to run your own vpn/ssh forwarding through your own server (co-located or dedicated) or through the vps servers.. (meaning you can make sure said logs are deleted ;) ) but whether your host/data center keeps IP logs is also a 'different story'

Couldn't you run usenet data through the 'tor' network..? I assume so.. :)

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:47:09 EDT

Pirate515 posted :

said by brianiscool:

It does not matter if your personal information is not given out. If you are obtaining an IP Address from your ISP. They can always go back during the time and date when you obtained that IP address and found out who you are.

Well, the whole point of VPN when it comes to torrenting is that "copyright police" will get the IP that you got from your VPN carrier as opposed to that from your ISP; and then the VPN provider is the one who gets a subpoena. From here, it all depends on how "cooperative" that VPN provider will be. Obviously, if they indeed keep no logs as they say they do, they will have no info to give back to the MAFIAA. And if there is no data retention law in the country where they operate from, they cannot be legally forced to log.

When you are VPN'd in, all your ISP will see is encrypted traffic between you and your VPN host. Not enough to prove you wrong in court.
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Re: VPN providers being sued?

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:40:38 EDT

jimboe posted :

said by brianiscool:

well thats what I meant- will the vpn give up your ip addy...

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:48:47 EDT

knarf829 posted :

said by Rexter:

Well yea, that's the question. They claim to not keep logs, but which can you trust

»torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-provi···-111007/

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:40:54 EDT

brianiscool posted : It does not matter if your personal information is not given out. If you are obtaining an IP Address from your ISP. They can always go back during the time and date when you obtained that IP address and found out who you are.

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:47:40 EDT

pb5k posted :

said by Rexter:

Why don't the AA's(asses) go after the VPN providers, especially ones like IBVPN who advertise Bittorrent friendly?

I'm not totally sure, and for all we know, some VPNs are being sued right now....but my best guess is because any VPN has significant applications for non-infringing use (anonymity, bypassing ISP/national censors, accessing data normally only available to users in a certain country (hulu), etc.). I believe this is the logic that saved the Betamax format in the 1980s.

Even if someone signs up for a VPN that bills itself as "torrent-friendly", it's hard to prove in court that the entire userbase is using it for illegal filesharing.

And, there is lower-lying fruit out there at the moment (warez bulletin boards, cyberlockers, etc.)
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Re: VPN providers being sued?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:28:36 EDT

Rexter posted : I just though it was a bit interesting. Like I said, they'll have my real IP every time I connect. Anyone know how well such a service works?. Why don't the AA's(asses) go after the VPN providers, especially ones like IBVPN who advertise Bittorrent friendly?
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Re: VPN providers being sued?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:17:25 EDT

ophelus posted : Probably to protect from fraudsters.. aka.. people who want to commit fraud sign up already ‘hiding’

If it bothers you so much.. go signup from a mcdonalds or wireless caf�..

Re: VPN providers being sued?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:39:53 EDT

Rexter posted : Well yea, that's the question. They claim to not keep logs, but which can you trust. I was looking seriously at IBVPN, but when I went to check out they said that if you are using another VPN or anon service during the check out your purchase will be flagged as fraud, and canceled. Of course they will see my real IP when I connect, but why do they demand it during purchase?
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Re: VPN providers being sued?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:04:22 EDT

jimboe posted : should not your primary concern be whether or not your personal info is divulged?

VPN providers being sued?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:39:52 EDT

Rexter posted : There are more than a few torrent friendly VPN providers out there. Before I sign up, and pay for one, I'd like your take on how well this works. How safe is it, and if I pay for a whole year, do I stand a good chance of the VPN provider being sued out of existence and taking my subscription fee with them?
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