Comcast's 6 Strike Rule started this Wednesday

[Newbian]

Link?

How does that work? You have to download the video to view it :^/

It's always been against youtubes tos to download the videos except for certain ones, usually with add on's, instead of simply streaming it.

 

[88keys]

I do think it's rather hypocritical that people complain about SOPA/6 strikes/etc and then openly admit that they pirate.



Admitting that their customer base is pirates is an easy way to get shutdown or blocked though.

You have no idea what the word hypocrite means.

 

[Ashenor]

Newsgroups 4tw.

Even they are getting harder and harder to find good search's for, most require bitcoins and currency now.

 

[sourn]

Too bad it won't work as it's your responsibility they say.

It may not work in Comcast's eyes, but a judge has already said once an ip does not equal a person.

Personally if I ever got a letter from them I'd just shut them off, and switch to somebody else. Though I do understand that not everybody is able to do that.

 

[KeithP]

The scammers will probably have no problem also duplicating the Comcast symbol.
http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/internet/verify-copyright-alert

Comcast vector art here you go...
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/search/logo?search_api_views_fulltext=comcast

Let the scams begin.

-KeithP

 

[BrokenVisage]

The only way to be 100% anonymous. The Laptop Sweather.

That.. is.. Aweless

 

[Newbian]

It may not work in Comcast's eyes, but a judge has already said once an ip does not equal a person.

Personally if I ever got a letter from them I'd just shut them off, and switch to somebody else. Though I do understand that not everybody is able to do that.

The problem is as people have said is the lack of other options plus the fee for canceling your contract with them would still apply it looks like as they don't actually shut your connection down but make it very slow then.

 

[Doppel]

Admitting that their customer base is pirates is an easy way to get shutdown or blocked though.

they won't admit this, but there is absolutely nothing illegal, not even inherently illegal or *wink wink* about using a VPN for all internet traffic. It is simply a desire to remain private. Granted, a huge amount of VPN use is for illegal activities.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I think comcast and other providers don't go looking they wait for HBO or others to tell them. So if the BBC does not care, or those that have rights over that show, then it will not count.

You don't have any idea what you are talking about. Deep Packet Inspection has been on providers' plates for years and they implemented to snoop into your data stream to determine what you may be sending and or receiving that might be considered illegal.

 

[ImpulsE69]

You don't have any idea what you are talking about. Deep Packet Inspection has been on providers' plates for years and they implemented to snoop into your data stream to determine what you may be sending and or receiving that might be considered illegal.

He's right though. The ISP's are not actively looking at packets (for this), they are waiting for reports from content owners. They are getting that data simply from torrents and recording the IP's that are shown in peerlists and sending them to the owners of the IP's.

Now, if they own one of the content owners..that's another story (didn't someone say Comcast owned one of them?). There was throttling involved with P2P traffic in the past (maybe still is), but it was for different reasons.

 

[phucheneh]

Too bad it won't work as it's your responsibility they say.

Not my responsibility if someone hacks my network?

That makes sense. It's not like if a company's network gets hacked, there are people looking for culprits to arrest. It's not like the company completely absolves itself of liability to its customers.

...oh wait.

 

[Newbian]

Not my responsibility if someone hacks my network?

That makes sense. It's not like if a company's network gets hacked, there are people looking for culprits to arrest. It's not like the company completely absolves itself of liability to its customers.

...oh wait.

One would think so.

 

[John Connor]

So reading the news about the 6 strike rules. I came across Deep packet Inspection (DPI) and how Comcast runs it on their internet traffic. Does anybody know what are the capabilities of this inspection? So does it mean anything that does not go through a secure connection (HTTPS/SSL) can be read by the ISP? What about chat logs/postings on forums/video chat like Skype?

I saw that they looking into installing DPI points between the user and the internet. Can it be developed to read/decrypt HTTPS/SSL? Like say for example the ISPs lobby and basically pass laws granting them access to web certificates for inspection purposes...

Skype is encrypted computer computer.

 

[lxskllr]

Skype is encrypted computer computer.

With a MS placed backdoor. It might be fine for routine stuff, but it can't be trusted.

 

[John Connor]

Can you give me more info. om this "MS placed back door?"

The only thing I know of that will crack the encrypted UDP traffic is Cain and Able.

 

[lxskllr]

Can you give me more info. om this "MS placed back door?"

The only thing I know of that will crack the encrypted UDP traffic is Cain and Able.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/skype-handing-over-more-chat-data-to-law-enforcement/