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Remember that you can take preemptive action by securing yourself from action against you. One potential solution for the problem of interfering governments is a VPN (Virtual Private Network).
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ - (Personal Favorite) Offers shared connections and logs, meaning the multiple people share your IP, and they can't track which person downloaded what. Offers nodes in multiple countries, using only those that don't have data retention.
https://www.ipredator.se/ - Ran by the people from the pirate bay, offers no log VPNs, only nodes are in Sweden though.
If you know any other VPNs, or can think of any ways to safeguard your privacy online, you can continue posting them in this thread.
I use Ipredator. It's fast, secure and you get an IP from Sweden, where no subpoena from the US would have any legal effect. (Protip: Surf using Ipredator and you can get a Spotify account).
This. If you value your privacy, all traffic should go encrypted to a seedbox. It's worth shelling out $10 extra a month or whatever you get a seedbox for to get peace of mind. Hell, if you want just privacy you could get a VPN solution just to tunnel the actual traffic (and not help you with the seeding). A cheap Swedish one (assuming you're not too far from Sweden, check out other options if that's the case) is http://mullvad.net/sv/ (50 SEK/month, which is $7.7 USD) or https://www.ipredator.se/ if you ideologically want to support the people behind The Pirate Bay and similar projects (they donate to i2p, for example), and ipredator is 150 SEK for three months.
> Next is the "acknowledgement" phase. This is when the customer will have to actually acknowledge having received those notices. Hoewing said his company's customers will experience this as a pop-up window. The idea here is to make extra sure they're getting to the right people.
Hands up if you use a popup blocker.
Isn't this failure going to cause confusion in house shares, not solve that problem?
> CCI head Jill Lesser responded that the goal isn't to stop "serial pirates" trying to avoid IP laws.
Seems pretty casual getting around the meaures with a VPN like IPREDator.
Buy VPN access from a company in a different country from the one you live in, but that has good internet infrastructure (e.g a Western country) and not a country that is crazy copyright mad. I think thepiratebay advertise a VPN on their website, check it out (https://www.ipredator.se/). It is by no means foolproof, but it does add a layer of anonymity, a more detailed explanation is on the sites FAQ.
This is a Swedish that I have heard is pretty good.
It was made to combat a specific law about piracy a few years ago. It claims that it does not keep any record of any user, so that the government can't request records to track down pirates. But I guess it works for other things as well, and not just piracy.
The closest thing you get to true anonymity today would probably be to use a VPN tunnel service like Ipredator which should be available worldwide.
They don't save any user data or traffic logs, so even if there is a court order issued to get the details behind the anonymous public IP you'd be using while connected to the service, there wouldn't be any data stored that'd lead back to you.
ATM this is gives you total and untraceable anonymity. This might change in the future, but for now it is completely safe.
Not quite.
>If the following preconditions are met it may be possible to see a user's true public IP address despite the use of Ipredator:
>1. The computer has an IPv6 stack installed with support for tunneling IPv6 traffic over an IPv4 link (such as ISATAP). This is the default on Windows Vista and Windows 7. Note that it is enough to have the IPv6 stack installed - it is not needed to have an IPv6 address from your ISP. 2. The computer has a public IP address assigned (if you are behind a router with NAT only the internal IP number will be compromised).
>If these preconditions are met the public IP number may be embedded in requests made using IPv6. An attacker can use this to find out the IP number, for example by provoking peer-to-peer-connections over IPv6.
>The problem can be easily solved by deactivating IPv6. To be sure, we recommend all users to deactivate IPv6
I assume you want a off-shore vpn service for privacy? You say you "don't think that paying $100-150 per year is too much" but then you say you are looking for free. I don't know of any reliable free service other than onion/tor but there are several at around $100/yr. I use https://www.ipredator.se/ which is about $70/yr depending on exchange rates. They support OpenVPN which is pretty easy to set up on Linux.
I'd say, in concern to all you in the US, why don't you move the Reddit and Imgur servers (and what else more that is needed) to a secure no US location? like Switzerland or Iceland. (I've heard they don't give a shit but US politics)
if that doesn't solve it, Proxy surf through Europe or something! Then they will have trouble checking the content. (Swedish solution)
Take note, I'm not that read into the whole SOPA thing but I get the principals. We have fought of two similar ideas in Sweden, the FRA and IPRED
Here is a few simple steps to torrent safely.
Set your torrent program to encrypt all data and to only connect to users who also use encryption.
Set your torrent program to randomize which port you torrent through.
Use a program such as iPredator (found here [https://www.ipredator.se/]). Its roughly $20 for three months of their service but it will leave you safe from both Pitt, the internet provider whoever it is (comcast, verizon, etc.). Well worth the $20 when you consider the money you save by torrenting.
have fun!
I will offer 2 options, the best one you have to pay for, which is:
This set up by the creators of The Pirate Bay, which creates a secure connection between you and their servers (I cba to explain, read on there)
But the option I would use in your option is this. I am assuming that the copyright holders will have to go through a system where they see you downloading, then contact your ISP for proof and then request losing internet access. PeerBlock will stop any IP on a list from connecting to your computer, so if you are downloading/seeding torrents, anti-P2P organizations and copyright holders will not be able to connect to you, think of it as a firewall but for IPs instead of ports and has a preset block list. Your ISP will still be able to see everything you do though.
I managed to torrent stuff for 2 years without any trouble. I used Transmission on Ubuntu, disabled DHT and PeerExchange, and forced encryption. Also install Moblock (basically PeerGuardian for Linux), and load up the strictest set of blocklists that still let you download. I recommend the Bluetack lists, which can be found at iBlocklist. Once you've got all this up and running, route your on-campus connection through the UCSD VPN. It may seem redundant but I somehow consistently got much faster speeds. YMMV Also, if you want to pay for it, iPredator or some other VPN is a good idea. Just remember to disable IPv6, since a bug exposes your real IPv4 address over VPN.
Wasn't the fact that no swedish ISP could be forced to hand out customer data one of the principles that IPREDATOR VPN Service was buld on? Isn't that broken now? Or am I missing something?
Edit: For those who are interested a quote from the faq of ipredator:
> 2.1 Do you hand over payment information to requesting authorities?
> No. There is no account data in the database other than the transaction ID used by the payment processors. We receive e-mails from payment processors which are stored on a separate system inside an encrypted partition. These need to be kept for a bit over 6 months to deal with user issues, e.g. complaints and questions. Otherwise servicing user requests would be impossible.
There are free VPNs around, but many are just too slow and have inconsistent performance/uptime. Better to buy a VPN or get a seedbox (e.g. xirvik).
If you're getting a VPN, try and get an anonymous service (e.g. Ipredator) that doesn't keep you IP or any logs.
Try to avoid public/semi-public trackers (i.e. TPB, demonoid, isohunt).
That may be, but ipredator does not store information.
https://www.ipredator.se/page/security
That being said, I don't do any really illegal stuff, I just want to be protected from copyright-lawyers from my homecountry. If you catch my drift.
Not really lol, but they started that Ipredator service if you're really into going that far. If I were going to subscribe to something like that it'd be newsgroups hands down.
I hope this gets seen, because it's an honest question:
If I am to purchase something like Ipredator will I still be eligible for a felony? I'm technically (visibly) just running my bandwidth through another computer, although private, right?
Hace un tiempo me armé una VPN en un VPS de Linode y me mandaron avisos por copyright infringement porque usaba uTorrent.. no se como será en otros proveedores. Creo que lo mejor que tenés es https://www.ipredator.se/
Det du skulle kunna göra är att använda dig av en vpn (tex ipredator.se ), då får du en svensk ip-adress som gör att du kan se alla program på svtplay som vanligt.
em. wait. so instead of provider DNS - you think it's so much more secure to hande over that information to google..... that collects it and sells it to whomever??? wtf is wrong with this picture.....
Use community DNS servers: wiki.opennicproject.org/Tier2 or at least DNS servers provided by your VPN, ex:
https://www.ipredator.se/page/resources: Ipredator DNS Server: dns.ipredator.se IP: 93.182.132.23 IP: 93.182.132.24
well not anymore, they support and recommend OpenVPN over PPTP...
they're also rolling out L2TP/IPSEC
well nothing is 100%. But the ISP has nothing to give the MAFIAA. All they see is that you connect to a VPN and unless they do something naughty, the traffic is encrypted so can't tell if your pirating or w.e. Also, if they try to just monitor the swarms, they can still only see the IP address that the VPN gives. So they can't trace it back your US ISP.
Should be good.
Its pretty easy. Its just setting up the VPN tunnel after you connect to your regular ISP or w.e. Basically its like connecting to two ISPs before surfing.
edit: This might give you a better idea of whats involved. Nothing crazy.
Check this out. It's from the guys behind the Pirate Bay and they specifically state that they do not keep any logs and Swedish law protects their right to continue this policy.
Dette (og det meste anden overvågning) kan omgås ved hjælp af en proxy, som f.eks. ipredator. Det koster penge, men den ekstra anonymitet er rar. Skjuler også hvad du laver med bittorrent.
Der findes også gratis proxy'er, men som med så meget andet, så får man hvad man betaler for.
Not sure of the one you're asking about but the logo sounds similar to HMA's free Web Proxy and they also do a rather good VPN Service with a client that has a dropdown list of countries.. (HMA VPN link is my referrer. ;) ) Another option if you just want to be in Sweden is Ipredator from The Pirate Bay people. Both of them require payment though, HMA is $10 a month or $40 for 6 months. Ipredator is 15 Euros for three months. I've personally used both without issue, the HMA software is nice though.
I found that summary too, but when I was looking at signing up with Ipredator, i looked at their website and they say a completely different thing than their response to torrent freak.
On their website they write:
If Swedish authorities can prove beyond reasonable doubt that they have a case for demanding subscription information from Ipredator (they have to be of the opinion that if convicted the user will be imprisoned – fined not enough).
Ipredator then have to hand over the subscription information entered by you (but that’s all). Ipredator do not store any subscribtion information about you except what you entered yourself when signing up for the Ipredator Safe Surf service.
For Swedish authorities to force Ipredator to hand over “traffic data” including your Ipredator IP at a specific point in time, they will have to prove a case with the minimum sentence of two years imprisonment.
(https://www.ipredator.se/faq/legal/)
Whereas on torrentfreak they answered about keeping logs:
Response to Q1: “We don’t store the IP at all actually. It’s in temporary use for the session you have when you’re connected but that’s it. We’ve had very few issues with not having logs, but not keeping them makes it safer even for us since we can’t accidentally give out information about anyone.”
Now, I don't really understand their website answer. What information to they need to hand over your subscription information, that is, how do they look it up? Is it like "Q: do you have a subscriber under this name? A: Yes we do and his email address is ____, we have no more information. Or is it also Q: "who was logged in with this IP at this time", A: "This subscriber information was entered...".
Also, the 2nd part implies they keep logs and hand them over if you do something that can get you over 2 years in sweden. They answered to torrentfreak they keep no logs.
Can anyone shed some light on this? What vpn actually does what they claim to do?
I don't think this is the right place for that question. But yes, it will get around your own government's blocks. The pirate bay team made iPredator and I'm sure there are other options as well.
What you need is a VPN. Sends all your traffic through an encrypted tunnel, the other end of which is in another country. Unfortunately, VPN service isn't free, but surely SCIENCE is worth a few bucks a month. Ipredator is a popular choice, being from the creators of The Pirate Bay (so you know they care about privacy).
If I assault somebody on a road, why would it be logical to ban me from using roads? Roads can be used in a lot of crimes, but it's pure insanity to tell somebody they can no longer use roads because of a crime committed on or near one.
Also, ipredator...
Not a direct answer, but the solution you're looking for is a seedbox.
This could be as simple as having a remote windows pc somwhere you can connect to with RDP/ Logmein, which you then run all the torrents from. Connect to that box over a VPN to tramsfer files, and you're good to go.
A Tut to setup a linux version(free ,and you get to play with linux!).
A third option is to use a hosted seedbox , or, finally, to just pay for a remote VPN service like ipredator.
Also never heard of darknet subreddit, thanks for sharing to VeinJugular.
> How might something like that work?
Technically it's not a problem. See e.g. https://www.ipredator.se/, read up on SSH, SSL, VPN, TOR in general (wikipedia should be pretty good for introduction). That's why governments are against it.
You might attend some actions/lectures by hackerspaces (I'm pretty sure you'll find someone who will explain it in detail): http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hacker_Spaces
Another suggestion what can be done: donate to some causes here: https://www.avaaz.org (little warning: the site is quite CPU-intensive with javascript, they've done this in last few days)
I don't think it's actually functioning any more. They're taking money and not providing the service they offer. If you want to chance your luck then give it a go...
For the same money you can get a VPN or you could try and get a seedbox. If it's privacy and security you're after, this is my advice.
I only wish I'd been told the same earlier.
Hah, yeah I got a good laugh at the guy's name too. Poor fella.
I considered using the wifi, but that's significantly slower, and there's some asshats in my dorm that enjoy firesheeping.
I second happyfuntime's request. I've seen https://privacy.io/ and https://www.ipredator.se/ (linked from TPB) thus far. Both are about $7/month
Sorry to hear that air283, the RIAA are a bunch of money hungry douchebags.