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Isohunt.... is gone!
Isohunt.... is gone!
I can't believe it.
Already stopped using isohunt since a year ago, because for some reason even though the pop-up blocker is on, I keep on getting pop-ups whenever I open any of its links to torrents...
Have been using kickass since...
Any comments on the recent "Singapore may block sites to curb online piracy" thing? As in, will that affect the usage of torrents or download sites?
I don't know which news sites can I actually link here, so I'd rather just put the title here
Have been using kickass since...
Any comments on the recent "Singapore may block sites to curb online piracy" thing? As in, will that affect the usage of torrents or download sites?
I don't know which news sites can I actually link here, so I'd rather just put the title here

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Just link anything. If it's a black listed site, the forum software will automatically censor it.Akimbo wrote: I don't know which news sites can I actually link here, so I'd rather just put the title here
I rarely use public torrent sites, but I most often just google for "whatever" + torrent. "Whatever" almost always being "Match of the day"

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Most of those types of sites will post a lot of links, most to affiliate sites. The trick is often to click the "right" link. Say for example on this Pirate bay link:
http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/9105074/ ... 2013__720p
The only link on that page you actually *want* to click, is 'Get this Torrent' with the little red magnet next to it. Almost any other link on that page will take you to an affiliate looking for money.
http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/9105074/ ... 2013__720p
The only link on that page you actually *want* to click, is 'Get this Torrent' with the little red magnet next to it. Almost any other link on that page will take you to an affiliate looking for money.
Are you serious? Did they pick this up in other matters (i.e. a vice or drug raid)? That's how it used to happen in the days of obscene VCD's anyways.Max Headroom wrote:A mate of mine, a local bloke, got nicked for downloading movies right here in Singapore. Kena fined SGD8K.
He wasn't a distributor, although he admitted he was quite a heavy user.
I reckon they look at bandwidth outliers.
Anyways, FYI.
How long ago was that?Max Headroom wrote:A mate of mine, a local bloke, got nicked for downloading movies right here in Singapore. Kena fined SGD8K.
He wasn't a distributor, although he admitted he was quite a heavy user.
I reckon they look at bandwidth outliers.
Anyways, FYI.
Question for the rest - would a VPN prevent this?
It depends entirely on how you're caught.Brah wrote:
Question for the rest - would a VPN prevent this?
If your ISP is looking for this, then yes. The ISP will just see a fat VPN connection to a VPN provider. With modern traffic analysis they could probably make reasonable guesses about what is going on, but have no way to know for sure as the traffic should be encrypted. And almost none would do anything based on that.
Now, if you got caught because a service or media company joined the torrent swarm and noted who was connected, they could find your IP from the VPN provider. If they went back to the VPN provider and that provider had logs, they may potentially hand over your info. Again, not too likely if you're using a VPN provider that specifically allows torrenting. Those tend to be in jurisdictions where they can just ignore DMCA or similar requests for information on torrenters.
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