So did I. It kinda implies that.NinjaDeathSlap said:
Files people on that website downloaded:
'Transsexual road trip 14' Cos 13 Transsexual road trips just wasn't enough.
'This ain't nurse Jackie'
'Zorah.wmv' ...Tali porn?
Microsoft Employs Pirates
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Files people on that website downloaded:
'Transsexual road trip 14' Cos 13 Transsexual road trips just wasn't enough.
'This ain't nurse Jackie'
'Zorah.wmv' ...Tali porn?
Would you have an MS(or whatever multinational it is) IP then or whatever it was they're tracing?MetalMagpie said:
The language problem is definitely on my partMetalMagpie said:
What they've done here is take the list of IP addresses assigned to Microsoft, and checked out those with their list or torrenting addresses. Would your company, as owned by a multinational, have IP addresses associated with their multinational?
i would point out, there are massive problems with using ip's to identify specific people, or even machines
that may seem to be counter-intuitive but when you think about the assignment of ip's
and security in systems designed to regulate ip usage you soon see it's as nearly as easy as picking a post-it note off a cookie jar and swapping them around
there are browsers that will assign a new ip by bouncing you off it, for example:
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
it is also possible to assign a specific program a new ip, and even refresh your own ip from inside windows
it would not be difficult to imagine people 'sabotaging' Microsoft's records by using their ip's
or by installing programs in their network with thumb drives or other portable devices to create network rule loopholes to exploit Microsoft's servers for their personal gain
i won't be specific, but it is entirely possible to hijack someone's ip as-well
this site 'youhavedownloaded' looks dodgy to me, it's pretty-much wrong
( iv'e tested several ip's known to have torrent activity, one of which has a 100megabit line and seeds goodness knows what all day ) which indicates to me that it's using some random search algorithm based off a torrent tracker and only shows about 1/10000th the information it should, or it's simply a malicious lie and displays random torrent tracker information designed to shock people into buying up security systems and encrypted vpn routers
i wouldn't set any stock by what that site says, and i doubt any network professional would either
( i am simply an pc enthusiast, myself )
that may seem to be counter-intuitive but when you think about the assignment of ip's
and security in systems designed to regulate ip usage you soon see it's as nearly as easy as picking a post-it note off a cookie jar and swapping them around
there are browsers that will assign a new ip by bouncing you off it, for example:
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
it is also possible to assign a specific program a new ip, and even refresh your own ip from inside windows
it would not be difficult to imagine people 'sabotaging' Microsoft's records by using their ip's
or by installing programs in their network with thumb drives or other portable devices to create network rule loopholes to exploit Microsoft's servers for their personal gain
i won't be specific, but it is entirely possible to hijack someone's ip as-well
this site 'youhavedownloaded' looks dodgy to me, it's pretty-much wrong
( iv'e tested several ip's known to have torrent activity, one of which has a 100megabit line and seeds goodness knows what all day ) which indicates to me that it's using some random search algorithm based off a torrent tracker and only shows about 1/10000th the information it should, or it's simply a malicious lie and displays random torrent tracker information designed to shock people into buying up security systems and encrypted vpn routers
i wouldn't set any stock by what that site says, and i doubt any network professional would either
( i am simply an pc enthusiast, myself )
Oh, I see! Sorry, the confusion arose from multiple definitions of the terms "IP" and "tracing", causing me to incorrectly parse the sentence.BrotherRool said:The language problem is definitely on my partMetalMagpie said:
What they've done here is take the list of IP addresses assigned to Microsoft, and checked out those with their list or torrenting addresses. Would your company, as owned by a multinational, have IP addresses associated with their multinational?
And most probably yes. When we were bought, our network was pulled into the one belonging to our new owners. Which means that when I use the internet at work, I'm sitting in an office in the UK, but accessing websites via Israel. It's hilarious seeing "Find hot chicks near you in Raanana!" adverts.
You answered your own question many times over. Your little knee-jerk rant simply missed it several times. If you had stopped and though about it for a few seconds, you'd have realized I didn't say it was right or wrong, only that I find it very amusing how everyone takes it (and anything else they see or hear) as a delivery of truth.CriticKitten said:
It has nothing to do with how accurate any of the information is (including this post) and everything to do with so very few people even considering that something may be wrong or an utter lie. So well trained is your average person that they'll actually read something or hear it and then go off and tell someone else about it almost word for word. Think about the number of times you've heard or seen someone do this or have done this yourself: see something reported, approach someone and say "Hey, did you hear about [blah blah]. The actual process of questioning things is skipped entirely and the information is considered fact the moment it's received.
Your little... bit, seemed to convey that you think it entirely acceptable to believe something until someone else can disprove it. So you, like many others, lack the very important steps mentioned above.
How it should go:
Step 1: receive information
Step 2: neither accept nor reject the claims until other, independent sources are collected
Step 3: weigh up the evidence and decide if there is substantial enough proof to believe any or all of the claim
Step 4: if there is not enough of said proof, ignore the information. If there is enough, register it as truth
How it goes for most people:
Step 1: receive information
Step 2: believe it
Again, I never said this story was untrue. I wasn't commenting on this particular story at all. I was commenting on the inanity of the modern citizen's willingness to be told what an outside source considers truth. Even the author of this article; they read their source and then relayed all that information here without even once suggesting it be anything other than fact. It's one long, self-confirming payload that sets out from the start to present "truth" and not to offer a potential truth--a very important difference.
"But a job's not just a job. It's who you are. And if you wanna change who you are, you gotta change what you do"BrotherRool said:
Thank you for setting me up for a random quote. It makes me happy
On topic, this information is both incredibly obvious,and totally awesome