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My ISP (UK, Sky) has recently started blocking torrent/magnet sites. So I'm not convinced.

by rezeroed 7y ago

swebs 7y ago
ISPs have been doing this since the dawn of time. A VPN will fix it.
eitland 7y ago
Cheap VPNs might not provide much serious security but they might help a lot with availability.
bArray 7y ago
Finding the sites themselves is easy with a VPN, reverse SSH shell or proxy. Make sure all of your torrents are encrypted and it'll be more difficult for them to actively block packets (which is the way it will eventually go).
- rezeroed 7y ago
  If that is the way it eventually goes, what's the next move for pirates?
  - bArray 7y ago
    When it comes to this stuff, simply look at what China is doing. It seems to be ground zero for future censorship methods. The next approach is probably VPNs, although they won't last forever. Governments could always just pass a law outlawing encryption (China has banned VPNs) or compelling services to allow them to man-in-the-middle for any connection. Once it becomes illegal to hide your online activities, there's very little you can do and remain legal. That said, tricks also exit for hiding data in plain sight (see steganography [1]). Then you end up in this weird territory of illegal numbers and representations of them [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number
cameronbrown 7y ago
Sibling posters are correct. VPNs went mainstream a long time ago.
SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
Speaking as someone in the exact same situation, just go to Google and type in "[torrent site] mirror" and away you go.
- rezeroed 7y ago
  How does this sit with the snoopers' charter?
0-_-0 7y ago
Have you checked The Pirate Proxy's Twitter feed for the latest unblocked address?
teddyh 7y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19994734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19994734
acuozzo 7y ago
Usenet

My ISP (UK, Sky) has recently started blocking torrent/magnet sites. So I'm not convinced.

swebs 7y ago

ISPs have been doing this since the dawn of time. A VPN will fix it.

eitland 7y ago

Cheap VPNs might not provide much serious security but they might help a lot with availability.

bArray 7y ago

Finding the sites themselves is easy with a VPN, reverse SSH shell or proxy. Make sure all of your torrents are encrypted and it'll be more difficult for them to actively block packets (which is the way it will eventually go).

rezeroed 7y ago
If that is the way it eventually goes, what's the next move for pirates?
- bArray 7y ago
  When it comes to this stuff, simply look at what China is doing. It seems to be ground zero for future censorship methods. The next approach is probably VPNs, although they won't last forever. Governments could always just pass a law outlawing encryption (China has banned VPNs) or compelling services to allow them to man-in-the-middle for any connection. Once it becomes illegal to hide your online activities, there's very little you can do and remain legal. That said, tricks also exit for hiding data in plain sight (see steganography [1]). Then you end up in this weird territory of illegal numbers and representations of them [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number

cameronbrown 7y ago

Sibling posters are correct. VPNs went mainstream a long time ago.

SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

Speaking as someone in the exact same situation, just go to Google and type in "[torrent site] mirror" and away you go.

rezeroed 7y ago
How does this sit with the snoopers' charter?

0-_-0 7y ago

Have you checked The Pirate Proxy's Twitter feed for the latest unblocked address?

teddyh 7y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19994734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19994734

acuozzo 7y ago

Usenet