Best way to use torrents anonymously?

[Goobzilla]

Best way to use torrents anonymously? Should I go with a VPN service like hidemyass.com? Since the gubment effectively shut down ALL filesharing services when they busted Megaupload, I'm looking for the best way to get what I need with as little exposure to prying eyes as possible. Shouldn't be this hard to download a TV episode that was on last friggin night, but here we are. Thanks for the help!

[Willynowei]

Originally Posted by Goobzilla

Best way to use torrents anonymously? Should I go with a VPN service like hidemyass.com? Since the gubment effectively shut down ALL filesharing services when they busted Megaupload, I'm looking for the best way to get what I need with as little exposure to prying eyes as possible. Shouldn't be this hard to download a TV episode that was on last friggin night, but here we are. Thanks for the help!

You really think that they are going to come after you of all people?

VPN will slow down your download speed as it reroutes the packets.

Relax, if you are really paranoid, go to Mcdonalds and download off their free Wifi.

[Goobzilla]

I got a nastygram from my ISP at some studios request not too long ago. Rather not deal with any of these Aholes.

[chawknz]

PeerBlock with additional lists can help.

[Shananahan]

Originally Posted by chawknz

PeerBlock with additional lists can help.

Yeah maybe. Most of the time I use that it just makes me feel paranoid.

When I use torrents now I really only do so from private trackers (which, if you really want to worry, probably aren't much safer in the long, long run)

[That One Guy]

It Fs everyone else but the reason you get busted is because of uploading, not downloading. Downloading, as far as I know, hasn't been ruled in a court to be illegal. There's too many fair use questions at hand for that, I imagine. The distribution is where you get caught.

The solution I use is to go into the bandwidth on my torrent-majigger and turn the upload speed to 1kb/s. Then I use the autoshutdown settings to close as soon as the torrent finishes.

The catch is most ISPs have a 1 or 2 warning system before they say they'll take action. If you've already burnt one warning, it may not be worth risking it. I've moved since I got my warning so I've pushed the reset button on 100 years in prison and a $10 gazillion fine.

[hades]

I've always heard newsgroups FTW!
Usenetserver

[That One Guy]

Originally Posted by hades

I've always heard newsgroups FTW!
Usenetserver

Can you do things on them other than download obscene amounts of obscene things?

Never knew you could get copywritten material. Wouldn't that be easy to track as it's on a server run by the cable company?

(Or so I assume since they always give you access)

[BroncosSR]

If your not sharing, they don't care. They are trying to go after the sources.

[Punisher]

All filesharing websites are going to ****

[Killericon]

Originally Posted by Punisher

All filesharing websites are going to ****

Piratebay is bulletproof, yo.

[Drek]

Originally Posted by Shananahan

Yeah maybe. Most of the time I use that it just makes me feel paranoid.

When I use torrents now I really only do so from private trackers (which, if you really want to worry, probably aren't much safer in the long, long run)

Get Peerblock set up with some good lists. I run the TBG Threat List, Blutack Level 2, and Pedoblock (just on principle). I also run the Steam list as an "allow" so I don't need to disable PB to use Steam.

Set it to auto start and auto update with each start. Allow HTTP pass through. After that it is as unobtrusive as it gets.

I got three letters from three different content providers in the span of about five months prior to using PB. I did zero to change my downloading habits and the only problems I've had at all were my ISP complaining about exceeding their new monthly bandwidth cap of 250 GB (I downloaded 891 GB).

[mosca]

Usenet, as someone else said. May have to pay for access these days, though - I don't think many ISPs offer free newsgroup access anymore.

That, and mIRC XDCC sharing.

[chadta]

Originally Posted by Punisher

All filesharing websites are going to ****

im going to call bull**** on this

rapidshare was shut down once before, they came back, and are still going strong.

Napster was shut down, not only did they come back but 20 things came out in place of them. Something will always be around.

You can still fileshare, it just takes a little more effort at this time, sites like filejungle, wupload, deposit files are still running normally.

Somebody mentioned newsgroups, ive used nzbmatrix in the past to browse them, wicked fast downloads, with grabbit, but you have to pay a 7 dollar fee to be able to search, otherwise you can only browse whats been posted in the last 20 days.

Link sharing sites like spooky igloo, divxturka, codehacks, digital kaos still seem to working normally, all the specialized sites have extra stuff on them too, just becasue the site is named wiiso, xbox360iso or sinfuliphone doesn't mean they don't have links to other stuff. Just look around.

Heck most of those sites have sections where premium account info is shared so you can download many files at a time faster

[Punisher]

Originally Posted by chadta

im going to call bull**** on this

rapidshare was shut down once before, they came back, and are still going strong.

Napster was shut down, not only did they come back but 20 things came out in place of them. Something will always be around.

You can still fileshare, it just takes a little more effort at this time, sites like filejungle, wupload, deposit files are still running normally.

Somebody mentioned newsgroups, ive used nzbmatrix in the past to browse them, wicked fast downloads, with grabbit, but you have to pay a 7 dollar fee to be able to search, otherwise you can only browse whats been posted in the last 20 days.

Link sharing sites like spooky igloo, divxturka, codehacks, digital kaos still seem to working normally, all the specialized sites have extra stuff on them too, just becasue the site is named wiiso, xbox360iso or sinfuliphone doesn't mean they don't have links to other stuff. Just look around.

Heck most of those sites have sections where premium account info is shared so you can download many files at a time faster

Idk man i get the creeps if i download something lol i think the feds are gonna whip out the whole thing

[alkemical]

i would search for this term:

surf black hat anonymous style

(working via mobile = lack of link)

whyweprotest has a thread, and the info has been propogated.

#legion

[RhymesayersDU]

Whoever mentioned the Peer Block stuff, thanks. (On mobile, can't see who wrote each post.) I run PBB but I've never done any of the list stuff. I'll beef mine up.

[RhymesayersDU]

Originally Posted by Drek

Get Peerblock set up with some good lists. I run the TBG Threat List, Blutack Level 2, and Pedoblock (just on principle). I also run the Steam list as an "allow" so I don't need to disable PB to use Steam.

Now that I'm at my CPU, can you explain how to get these lists or create them? Thanks in advance.

[hades]

Originally Posted by That One Guy

Can you do things on them other than download obscene amounts of obscene things?

Never knew you could get copywritten material. Wouldn't that be easy to track as it's on a server run by the cable company?

(Or so I assume since they always give you access)

OK, I've never done this myself, but I've heard you can use SABnzbd to connect to lets say, a Usenetserver account, and download just about anything you can think of. You enable RSS feeds and can download TV shows (HBO, TNT, anything pretty much). Also MP3's, books, etc. pretty much anything you can think of.

I don't think they can really track it, since it is not 1 file that contains the item you want. it is broken up into several (sometimes hundreds of parts) and then each part is downloaded and put together to form the file you want.


One thing I did not mention above properly. SABnzbd is the connection and setup to the server, use NZBIndex to search for say, MP3's, books, etc. or any single download you want.

http://nzbindex.nl/



I was able to locate some print screens with Google, just as an example.

[TheReverend]

Originally Posted by Punisher

Idk man i get the creeps if i download something lol i think the feds are gonna whip out the whole thing

You only need to worry if you're a black guy. That's when the feds and police care about smaller infractions.

[theAPAOps5]

They go after the uloaders not the downloaders. I doubt sharing sites will go the way of the dodo

[Drek]

Originally Posted by RhymesayersDU

Now that I'm at my CPU, can you explain how to get these lists or create them? Thanks in advance.

All you have to do is go to www.iblocklist.com and find lists you want, copy the provided URL, open "list manager" in PeerBlock, click "add" and then paste the URL into the URL box. Choose if its a "block" or "allow" and click "ok".

From then on it'll auto update every time you start PB or however often you have it set to auto update in your settings.

I have the Steam list set to allow, everything else is block. Don't get too aggressive with your list selections though. You don't really need something like Bluetack Level 3 a.k.a. the tin foil hat list unless you think aliens controlled by the ghost of Richard Nixon are spying on you through your neighbor's home PC.

[KevinJames]

Originally Posted by TheReverend

You only need to worry if you're a black guy. That's when the feds and police care about smaller infractions.

sad but true

[alex]

what you can try is to use SSH secure encrypted tunnels together with multiple PirateRay.com servers located in different parts of the world.

You  can select either a specific server or set the settings to enable the random selection of the server whenever the application starts.
After that, all the data that the user receives or transmits is encrypted.

All operations involving the torrent network will take place by using an IP address of a server that is located at the other end of the world. Logging on does not happen on the same servers, so you  can be assured of your security and anonymity.

[Broncos_OTM]

man, I don't think i understood anything any of you just said.