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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
This post isn't very well thought through. First of all, even on a slow connection I could download a lot more than one album in an hour (actually most places offer 24 hours for a connection), secondly, I'd love to have you post my IP address in this thread, since you can look me up so easily. Third. Do open wifi connections not usually use 'rolling IP addresses' to hand out to clients on their network?
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I can't because you are not using a service I host. I bet you it would take photon about 30 seconds if he needed to though.
In my post I said I could do it but it would be very illegal in many ways. Actually in hindsight it would involve some hacking and/or virus coding that I would need to outsource, but the point is it is physically possible. It would take me far to long to explain the exact steps but here it is in a nutshell
honey pot torrent --> IP address of store --> ISP --> Store address --> Store purchase records or video surveillance --> your name and home address.
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honey pot client --> virus on your machine --> virus call home when connected to your home network --> IP address
Obviously something the first is very hard for a person to do, but technically possible because the information is out there, you just need to connect the dots. The second method is probably a lot easier in technical terms since I would bet there is some sort of kiddie script I could make the virus with.
As I said the government could establish laws that would make many of those steps (in the first method) legal and lot simpler. Including, but not limited to, laws requiring ISPs/stores offering wireless to log user information and to cooperate in these types of investigations.
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Having an open network at home seems to be grounds for reasonable doubt as to who exactly downloaded the content.
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If it actually became a criminal offense to download illegal content, the only time reasonable doubt would be a factor, then this might be relevant.
The problem with that is if you were being investigated because your internet connection was being used in this type of activity all the investigator would need to to is go to a judge and ask for a warrant to search your home for illegal material, a request that surely would be granted. If that search turned up nothing, then your wireless network being open would probably be a fantastic defense, so good in fact that the case would be dropped against you.
I do suspect that the purpose of pirating content is to HAVE it, unless you are the type of person who torrents a song every time he wants to listen to it once. I would also assume that their search of your home would turn up some illegally downloaded content, and make your defense of having an open network seem rather foolish.
Anyway, the point isn't how to bypass these laws or how to catch someone who is breaking them. The point is to make them so they are fair to both the producer and the consumer.