crz06 Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Reading through previous topics on the use of PeerGuardian I'm getting kinda lost whether to use it or not to use it. Some say it doesn't matter, because if the MPAA/RIAA or alike wants your IP, they can get it that info from the tracker or ISP, and the changes of being caught are slim. If this is the case, then what is the use of PeerGuardian??Reason i'm asking is that i just read that my ISP is handing over (without being force by the judgment department) IP adress, Names, Address of heavy uploaders to 'our' MPAA/RIAA. Yes, i'm swithcing to another one I think what only helps is using a unprotect wireless connection, that case they cannot prove that you actually downloaded stuff, because your neighbours could have done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 peerguradian also blocks IPs of people known for being bad/fake sharers, like people that always send bad data, or people poisoning swarms, or just people that only download and doesnt upload, however seeing how many many people peerguardian used to block when i used it i determined it was just too paranoid, and been using ipfilter.dat the better setting it only to the people that utorrent autobanned only, ohh and the mediasentry know addresses as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoil hatter Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 what is this Ipfilter.dat you speak of and what does one do with it? It sounds handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoil hatter Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 How does the use of an unprotected wifi link assist in security? Is there anything evil that can be done to you if you have one running? I would suspect that if the riaa wanted to come after someone they would just sidle up to the urprotcted wifi link and listen on it for a while to catch them downloading something. Might they even possibly inject something unpleasant into your computer to dig around and look for things? It sounds plausible to me considering the laughable level of microsoft security. They could theoretically use their high justice above-the-law legal status to demand unlock codes from microsoft and just walk right in so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 please dont double post...ipfilter:http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#What_is_ipfilter.dat.3F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 To keep µTorrent minimal on resource useage, it's better to use PeerGuardian's blocklist converted to ipfilter.dat...and not run PeerGuardian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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