Australian ISPs To Block TPB & Other Torrent Sites

mothered · 12-15-2016, 02:25 PM

Greetings everyone,

I've been a massive fan of The Pirate Bay since around 2004, and fully support their actions and beliefs pertaining to the so-called "copyright" content available via their gateway. As of earlier today, the Australian Federal Court has succeeded In ordering Australian ISPs to block access to The Pirate Bay, as well as other torrent websites. They obviously fail to realize just how easy an ISP block can be circumvented. Nice try, but It's Impact (for myself and the like/hackers) will have no effect whatsoever.

Source: http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/12/aus...ent-sites/

Your thoughts?

pvnk · 12-15-2016, 02:53 PM

Well that's fucking rude of them.

Pikami · 12-15-2016, 02:54 PM

TOR is available for everyone so this doesn't effect people with knowledge of computers.

pvnk · 12-15-2016, 02:55 PM

(12-15-2016, 02:54 PM)Pikami Wrote: TOR is available for everyone so this doesn't effect people with knowledge of computers.

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What??

Pikami · 12-15-2016, 02:57 PM

(12-15-2016, 02:55 PM)pvnk Wrote:
(12-15-2016, 02:54 PM)Pikami Wrote: TOR is available for everyone so this doesn't effect people with knowledge of computers.
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What??

I mean you can circumvent the restriction by using TOR.

mothered · 12-15-2016, 03:08 PM

(12-15-2016, 02:53 PM)pvnk Wrote: Well that's fucking rude of them.

Agree.

Rude Is an understatement. The sooner they realize the futility of trying to block access to torrents, the better they'll become In not making fools of themselves. No matter what measures, channels and avenues are exhausted, torrents will continue to flood the net.

Aeolian · 12-15-2016, 03:31 PM

I was furious when this first happened, there's no way they can stop torrenting anyway.

817_091_278 · 12-15-2016, 04:10 PM

I couldn't give a shit. If you are pirating: get a fucking VPN.

817_091_278 · 12-15-2016, 04:11 PM

(12-15-2016, 02:57 PM)Pikami Wrote:
(12-15-2016, 02:55 PM)pvnk Wrote:
(12-15-2016, 02:54 PM)Pikami Wrote: TOR is available for everyone so this doesn't effect people with knowledge of computers.
...

What??

I mean you can circumvent the restriction by using TOR.

If you want to download torrents at 10 Kbps, sure.

Pikami · 12-15-2016, 04:20 PM

(12-15-2016, 04:11 PM)817_091_278 Wrote:
(12-15-2016, 02:57 PM)Pikami Wrote:
(12-15-2016, 02:55 PM)pvnk Wrote: ...

What??

I mean you can circumvent the restriction by using TOR.

If you want to download torrents at 10 Kbps, sure.

They blocked the site, not the entire torrent protocol. You can get the torrent hash and trackers from the site while using TOR, then use your normal connection to download the files.