Re:Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
by ChuckMcM on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @11:25AM
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This is one of the dangers of course. When I read it I thought "Ok now they can show they know what they were doing was wrong, because they tried to hide it." In the US that could work towards proving intent.
And when you are out looking for bad actors of a modestly sophisticated nature you might start with the VPN traffic.
A much nicer solution would be create all VPNs everywhere to protect us from Google Street view type drive by snooping (you know common good and all) which keeps you from being lumped into the 'usual suspects' pot. This is a Good Thing (universal VPNs) because even though Google has stopped their practice, there are still cars/vans out collecting this information for resale.
And when you are out looking for bad actors of a modestly sophisticated nature you might start with the VPN traffic.
A much nicer solution would be create all VPNs everywhere to protect us from Google Street view type drive by snooping (you know common good and all) which keeps you from being lumped into the 'usual suspects' pot. This is a Good Thing (universal VPNs) because even though Google has stopped their practice, there are still cars/vans out collecting this information for resale.