How is P2P tracked?

[razer17]

That's something I really don't get about torrenting... I'm a self confessed pirate (although ninjas are better) and I hear people like Microsoft complaining about pirated software... Here's a hint from an 18 year old:

1)"leak" your new software to a Torrent site.
2)In the torrent, include a tracking beacon that reports the user's IP, location and any other useful information
3)Leave the torrent to flush through (leave it 4-6 months, let everyone get their hands on it and leave positive comments about the torrent)
4)Send a nice letter to the hundreds of thousands of people who downloaded it saying "Yo dawg, I herd u liek 2 torrent. STOP!"
5)????
6)PROFIT!!!

you realise that companies like mediadefender and the like are paid to do just that. the only problem is it doesnt work too well. they ask for a certain fee to be paid and if it isnt threaten to go to court. they never really go to court though, because they know they will lose

 

[bookboy]

How are peer 2 peer servers/programs tracked? And is there a way to block it?
It confuses me how you can be tracked without a warrant. Surely its an infringement of human rights? Because to get evidence you need a warrant, which in turns needs "resonable suspicion".
So if they track you, find you, and the confiscate your stuff...isnt that in itself illegal?

Well p2p networks aren't necessarily encrypted so your ISP can easily see what you are sending. However, they are not allowed to as this is an infringement of your right to privacy.

What tends to happen is bit torrents are watched by the industry, they do a check on you and then submit a subpoena to you ISP for details.

Confiscating your property for further investigation is perfectly legal.

You could try and contest in court that the whole case is invalid as it began with illegal surveillance however, that may not mitigate the evidence found afterwards. It depends how good your lawyer is really.

don't forget, It's imporatant to note that the internet is NOT private property,what is on your computer is yours, what you put on the internet is fair game and once you are found they can easily use that evidence to find out who you are from your ISP.

back on topic though, I'm pretty sure they can also track by simply going to one of many Illegal pirating sites and just watching the outgoing files. they (the industry watchdogs) can log a few IP addresses, and thhere you go.

 

[timmytom1]

On the bright side i can now scare a few freinds of mine from school shitless by telling them the goverment knows what their downloading ,and does anyone even use P2P anymore??

 

[DigitalSushi]

How are peer 2 peer servers/programs tracked? And is there a way to block it?

by magic fairy dust you leave behind everytime you log on the ARPANET.
As for blocking the magic fairy dust, only a Hardware box can do that, its about 200 pounds in real money

It confuses me how you can be tracked without a warrant. Surely its an infringement of human rights? Because to get evidence you need a warrant, which in turns needs "resonable suspicion".
So if they track you, find you, and the confiscate your stuff...isnt that in itself illegal?

so your an American?, a warrant isn't needed for something that is in the public domain, I bet your a tripfag like most people on the internet so you bypass that whole warrant thing.

Remember that prostitute I cut into pieces?, well when her body parts were in my house the police couldn't do a thing, but when I put her in the trash it made her body in the PUBLIC DOMAIN, hence snoopy cops started to go through my rubbish and found cut up bits of prostitute.

that and the biggest P2P pirates the Pirate Bay from Sweden got put away in jail for a year TODAY, with costs of over 1 million pounds to be repaid.