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Re:Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibran... by tincholio on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @02:32AM (#17915512)
> Packet sniffing was created for the AAs

I'm pretty sure tcpdump predates Napster and any involvement of the AAs in the workings of the Internet...

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Re:Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibran... by intended on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @06:07AM (#17916537)
Nope - as I recall that was the ISPs defense “we don’t know what people are sharing since we can’t look into packets”
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Re:Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibran... by tincholio on Friday September 07, 2018 @02:30PM (#17936556)
The first version of tcpdump dates from '88[0]. And I'm not sure it was even the first sniffer out there, quite likely not.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcpdump

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