On 05/01/2017 08:38 AM, Steve Kinney wrote: > > > On 05/01/2017 10:36 AM, Razer wrote: > > [ ... ] > > > I don't think there's been a decentralized Internet since AOL > > first appeared. But it works... For them. Now days Warner, part of > > AOL Time Warner, seems to sniff all torrent packets going through > > their portals for Warner content and notifies downstream admins. > > A much more economical attack where seed boxes operated by hostile > parties record IP addresses of connecting users was the dominant > torrent surveillance model for a long time. Typically, a comically > self-mutilating corporation (thou shalt not promote our product to a > wide audience at no cost to us) would provide a contractor with a list > of "intellectual property" items to monitor and report on. Either the > contractor would blackmail the account holders at those IP addresses, > or refer them to their ISPs for hostile action. > > I recall a study from maybe 10 years ago, indicating that > then-availble blocklists of known and probable "troll" IPs were around > 90% effective. > > Got pointers to any more current information, especially regarding > inspection of data in transit? Inquiring minds wants to know... > > :o) > >
All I know is that the computer lab for seniors I was volunteering at, which utilizes a local ISP, was notified that SOMEONE using their services had torrented a Warner content file. I assume the upstream provider for the local ISP is AOL which would explain why the only time we were ever notified about a 'torrentviolator' was in regard to Warner content, a music video which could have just as easily been downloaded from YouTube direct using Jdownloader or similar. Rr