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Originally posted by truthquest
Originally posted by thomas_
reply to post by Extralien
The funny part is that now there are probably 100m users wanting to see The Pirate Bay shutdown as well since it's there where the info is available to the public.
No, the Pirate Bay simply hosts the torrent file. After the torrent file is released, shutting down the site does little to stop the torrent and usually nothing, since other torrent sites like BT Junkie will start distributing their own copies within hours for a particularly popular file like that one. I mention BT Junkie because they are generally next in line when The Pirate Bay goes down.
And thank God, if there is something the government does not want people to see through broadcast there really is just about nothing they can do to stop a torrent.
According to the article cited on the link on the site I downloaded the torrent from, this is true, but only if nobody has you listed as a friend (or if every single person listing you as a friend has bulletproof security).
Originally posted by Discotech
If you know how to use the security settings in Facebook then your profile is quite safe & nothing to panic over. I've got it set to what I want to reveal and it works exactly how I have set it.
Originally posted by thomas_
reply to post by Extralien
The funny part is that now there are probably 100m users wanting to see The Pirate Bay shutdown as well since it's there where the info is available to the public.
I haven't tried these download links but here's a Google search of them:
Originally posted by Kliskey
More like its a false flag to get Pirate Bay into even more trouble... OR sue 100m facebook users for visiting an illegal file sharing website...
Personally I hate torrents - Someone needs to upload this to RS
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
I don't think it's illegal to visit TPB, it's only illegal to download or upload illegal torrents, and it appears this torrent is perfectly legal, there was no real "hacking" involved.
Not exactly true. I downloaded just as much if not more from people who didn't have the file yet, only parts of it. And you'd be surprised how fast a torrent downloads with 6000 people in the swarm! It actually would have been slower for me to download it from a site like Hotfile or Rapidshare because I use only the free option which is slow.
Originally posted by Kliskey
Torrents can be very slow as you are relying on those that already have the file.
Originally posted by Styki
I have a Facebook account. I am not worried about this because I carefully selected my privacy settings.
The privacy settings are my second line of defense. My first line of defense is carefully selecting what I put on my Facebook page.
Originally posted by cushycrux
reply to post by Kliskey
Torrent is the best. I loaded someting (legal) 1.78 GB in 15 Minutes! (2.8 Megs/Sec.) - at least faster then my CD Burner LOL.
Originally posted by mrsdudara
WOW what I want to know is what is the info for? SO they have my email address, so they know my hometown. Whatcha gunna do with it? Nothing. That would be my guess.
Originally posted by Kliskey
reply to post by cushycrux
Keeping on the subject of uploading and downloading legal data.
Torrents can be very slow as you are relying on those that already have the file. On top of that, sometimes you only get to 99% of a file before the person holding the file decides to turn off his PC
Rapidshare and other server based storage allow for superfast download rates (I currently get around 10mb/s) and unless the server crashes (which has never happened yet, touch wood) you can always get access to your files.
I mainly use it for backing up my photos - Which currently (in RAW) take up around 20GB, so much more useful then storing on my PC where I can't access from anywhere in the world.
But this thread isn’t the correct place to discuss such matters
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
I don't think it's illegal to visit TPB, it's only illegal to download or upload illegal torrents, and it appears this torrent is perfectly legal, there was no real "hacking" involved.
Site such as TPB and W-BB are legal to view. They are a means of free speech and are in effect just forums for like minded people to talk about stuff.
Even posting how-to's or discussing the concept of downloading is perfectly legal.
But actually committing the deed is apparently frowned upon
[edit on 29/7/2010 by Kliskey]