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I was participating in NYC Mesh for awhile, but eventually I had to unplug because I got notices from my ISP about copyright infringement and I didn't want my i
by mightybyte 8y ago
I was participating in NYC Mesh for awhile, but eventually I had to unplug because I got notices from my ISP about copyright infringement and I didn't want my internet access to get shut off. So sad. I really want this effort to succeed.
- aesh2Xa1 8y agoWere you peering? I'm under the impression that they would not use an ISP connection for individuals. Thus, you would have no ISP account on which to receive copyright infringement notices.
- ATsch 8y agoFreifunk, a somewhat similar German project solves this by using a mesh VPN to tunnel traffic out.
- benwilber0 8y agowhy would i go through all this effort just to let some stranger torrent iron man on my internet account
- TaylorAlexander 8y agoCollective action can give all of us, including ourselves, more freedom. This isn’t about torrents, it’s about the freedom to use the internet without surveillance and monitoring of our every move.
- wetpaws 8y agoObligatory tragedy of commons reference
- niek_pas 8y agoThe tragedy of the commons is not a natural law.
- aeorgnoieang 8y agoIt might be kinda something like a natural law: - [Great Oxygenation Event - Wikiwand](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Great_Oxygenation_Event https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Great_Oxygenation_Event)
- 8bitsrule 8y agoThe general idea of Meshnets worldwide is to turn 'my internet account' into 'our internet'. all this effort = buying a router and plugging it into your computer.
- adrianN 8y agoDepending on your jurisdiction all this effort can also include legal fees, visits from the police and saying good bye to all electronic equipment for a couple of months while it's being investigated.
- black_puppydog 8y agoIIRC, also being registered as an ISP, giving them certain protections.
- Sidnicious 8y agoCan you share any more detail about this? My impression was that anyone who shared another internet connection with the mesh does it through a VPN tunnel, so traffic exits through the mesh's PoP.
- _m_a_t_t_ 8y agoThis isnt much of an issue now that NYC Mesh is providing egress in place of an ISP. There aren't many individuals left broadcasting their own ISP connection out. It sounds like you were sharing your own ISP connection a while ago before this was the case, mightbyte?
- mightybyte 8y agoIt's been awhile, so you could be right. I just bought the router from the NYC Mesh people and hooked it up to my internet connection thinking it would be a nice way to give access to people in need and support what I consider to be a powerful idea and a worthy cause. It was never a big enough priority for me to put effort into figuring out precisely what was going on. If all NYC Mesh traffic in and out of my ISP goes through a VPN, maybe I should give it a try again.