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It's a trap!

pygy_ 14y ago
Please avoid memes 'roud these parts. I get your point, though, but it's rather obvious that they may have been bugged, so just stating it does not contribute much to the conversation. Had you had some insider info, it would have been useful to share it, but this, not really. Edit: I thought you were new, but your account is almost 4 years old... Whatever, you should know better.
- xmmx 14y ago
  Wow, get off that high horse much?
  - regomodo 14y ago
    Didn't you know? HN is serious business.
- FSEA 14y ago
  Should we all quietly ponder the same thing? Wait until someone posts something overly verbose, loaded with needless citations? Who are you to define user experience anyways.
- hack_edu 14y ago
  Well, there are certainly reasons to believe it might be an Interpol/FBI trap. :)
- deleted 14y ago
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- Dylan16807 14y ago
  For what it's worth I didn't read it as a meme. It's not exactly an uncommon phrasing and there's no ackbar head stuck on.
- eli 14y ago
  A better question is why is this story here at all?
jobu 14y ago
Good point. The article mentions pressure from Interpol as a reason for their outage. Is copyright infringement actually illegal anywhere in EU? I thought it was a civil issue in most countries. Also, I don't remember any of the previous articles about Demonoid mentioning Interpol. As I recall their hosting company pulled them pulled due to the DDOS attack..
Karunamon 14y ago
That was said that the last time Demonoid was down. There was no evidence to support it then, and there's no evidence to support it now.
- Firehed 14y ago
  INTERPOL was involved in taking the site down. That's definitely reason enough to verify it wasn't bugged before hopping back on their tracker, and it doesn't sound like there's evidence that things _weren't_ tampered with, either. Sure, it's still speculative, but better safe than sorry. I take the default-deny approach for things that are likely to get me sued.
  - Karunamon 14y ago
    Somehow I think the resources of INTERPOL are not aligned with taking down individual seeders and leechers.
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It's a trap!

pygy_ 14y ago

Please avoid memes 'roud these parts. I get your point, though, but it's rather obvious that they may have been bugged, so just stating it does not contribute much to the conversation. Had you had some insider info, it would have been useful to share it, but this, not really. Edit: I thought you were new, but your account is almost 4 years old... Whatever, you should know better.

xmmx 14y ago
Wow, get off that high horse much?
- regomodo 14y ago
  Didn't you know? HN is serious business.
FSEA 14y ago
Should we all quietly ponder the same thing? Wait until someone posts something overly verbose, loaded with needless citations? Who are you to define user experience anyways.
hack_edu 14y ago
Well, there are certainly reasons to believe it might be an Interpol/FBI trap. :)
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Dylan16807 14y ago
For what it's worth I didn't read it as a meme. It's not exactly an uncommon phrasing and there's no ackbar head stuck on.
eli 14y ago
A better question is why is this story here at all?

jobu 14y ago

Good point. The article mentions pressure from Interpol as a reason for their outage. Is copyright infringement actually illegal anywhere in EU? I thought it was a civil issue in most countries. Also, I don't remember any of the previous articles about Demonoid mentioning Interpol. As I recall their hosting company pulled them pulled due to the DDOS attack..

Karunamon 14y ago

That was said that the last time Demonoid was down. There was no evidence to support it then, and there's no evidence to support it now.

Firehed 14y ago
INTERPOL was involved in taking the site down. That's definitely reason enough to verify it wasn't bugged before hopping back on their tracker, and it doesn't sound like there's evidence that things _weren't_ tampered with, either. Sure, it's still speculative, but better safe than sorry. I take the default-deny approach for things that are likely to get me sued.
- Karunamon 14y ago
  Somehow I think the resources of INTERPOL are not aligned with taking down individual seeders and leechers.
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