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Re:NordVPN confirms it was hacked by sixothree on Monday October 21, 2019 @10:22AM (#21312565)
I think it is more of a matter of hiding your local ip address from other torrent users.
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Re:NordVPN confirms it was hacked by _-___________-_ on Monday October 21, 2019 @10:24AM (#21312589)
What's the purpose of that? Genuine question, I'm trying to understand the threat model of another torrent user seeing the IP address that is currently allocated to your router. Is this related to those letters that people sometimes get sent threatening legal action for torrenting?
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Re:NordVPN confirms it was hacked by sixothree on Monday October 21, 2019 @10:28AM (#21312637)
quite simply evading copyright strikes or legal filings. I don't know which providers still disconnect your internet after 3 strikes. But I am guessing that's the "threat" here.
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