Urgent; bittorrent security flaws

[rajvashi]

I don't know about you guys but I have become leery of using bittorrent after reading various articles explaining that the MPAA and RIAA have been targeting bittorrent users. I am guessing that this is the case because users are forced to upload, which makes them more vulnerable (?? right?). Regardless, I have a question for those here -- how hard is it to detect a user that downloads/uploads MUSIC ONLY off bittorrent. I mean, I have pretty much heard that it is the MPAA going after MOVIE downloaders on bittorrent.

And if the risk IS high, I suggest we find ways to counter the problem. Peer guardian, I am guessing is not enough. What can be done? Bittorrent was supposed to be the next-gen p2p i thought. DAMN RIAA/MPAA!

[hawkburn]

BitTorrent, is, in my opinion, the next generation p2p. The main purpose of BitTorrent to Bram was not mass pirating, but easy distribution to eliminate load on professional servers to conserve bandwidth.

Now, about security. The RIAA has been suing individuals who share vast amounts of music files. So, in theory, sharing single albums shouldn't be all that dangerous. But the key-word is shouldn't. They can technically sue you for 250,000$ PER song. So they can do whatever they want.

No, peerguardian is not enough. Nothing except abstinence (sp) is enough. I know I'm talking like a sex-ed teacher about STD's now, but they are kind of similiar.

[shawners]

RIAA cant really sue you for using bit-torrent. I dont think its in their nature, since when your downloading. Your only seeding one file. Or large file. I havent seen any on the hit list that said there using bit-torrent. But peerguardian does go off the wall quite a bit. I dont download movies, but know movies will send out letters to your isp to have you stop sharing it.

[serrebi101]

I know pg and protowall and the like arn't full proof, but those of us who are using it at least has some sort of protection!
Edit: The tred title is sort of miss-leading,

[MegaMog]

it is true that the mpaa has been sending letter to people dling movies but i have yet to hear of a law suit

[hawkburn]

it is true that the mpaa has been sending letter to people dling movies but i have yet to hear of a law suit
And hopefully that will keep the same. I seriously think it's bad to sue your consumers.

[flantanella]

there is another way that can limit ur risks of being caught heavily on p2p but i am going to refrain from saying it

[The Gauge]

RIAA cant really sue you for using bit-torrent. I dont think its in their nature, since when your downloading. Your only seeding one file. Or large file. I havent seen any on the hit list that said there using bit-torrent. But peerguardian does go off the wall quite a bit. I dont download movies, but know movies will send out letters to your isp to have you stop sharing it.

I've seen several cease & desist letters on other forums where the client was identified as using BitTorrent protocols.

With most torrent clients you just start it going, get a pen and paper handy and write the IP addresses of the seeds and peers down. There's no attempt to even disguise them.

[Mels_Smileys45]

Elvis didn't do no drugz!