[ NNSquad ] Honeytrap reveals mass monitoring of downloaders

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Honeytrap reveals mass monitoring of downloaders

http://j.mp/RF9nl9  (New Scientist)

    Anyone who has downloaded pirated music, video or ebooks using a
    BitTorrent client has probably had their IP address logged by
    copyright-enforcement authorities within 3 hours of doing so. So say
    computer scientists who placed a fake pirate server online - and very
    quickly found monitoring systems checking out who was taking what from
    the servers.

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--Lauren--
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