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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Honeytrap reveals mass monitoring of downloaders
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Honeytrap reveals mass monitoring of downloaders
http://j.mp/RF9nl9 (New Scientist)
Anyone who has downloaded pirated music, video or ebooks using a
BitTorrent client has probably had their IP address logged by
copyright-enforcement authorities within 3 hours of doing so. So say
computer scientists who placed a fake pirate server online - and very
quickly found monitoring systems checking out who was taking what from
the servers.
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