so i was talking to my dad yesterday, and he got semi busted for downloading on P2P servers. he got a warning email from time warner (that he never read) and then like a week later he got locked out of his computer from time warner until he uninstalled all of the P2P software. he uses bear share and uTorrent, not sure what one it was. they basically said, this is your chance to stop…lets not find out what happens when you do it again.
anyone else get this or hear of anything like this? any info would be very helpful.
They do this a lot. Usually they just temporarily suspend your connection until you check your email or call them. I’ve never heard of them “locking” someone out of their computer.
where did porn come up? i never said anything about that. he was actually downloading howard stern shows and movies. so im assuming it was the mpaa. he said he got a popup and that it disables his account until he aknowledged that he read it. i figured it was a seeding thing.
i always shut down before seeding, but he leaves his on overnight. thats prob the issue. but i think hes done altogether. i guess their house will have to get painted now. so what does peer guardian do?
Blocks a list of certain ip’s from communicating with your computer. Someytimes it’s a pita because almost every website has some type of shady advert and you have to disable it to see the page but if you’re seeding, invaluable.
It doesn’t matter if you never “seed”. The entire time you’re downloading you’re sharing, THAT’S HOW P2P WORKS. “Seeding” just means you’ve finished downloading and you’re CONTINUING to upload.
So to those of you that think you’re safe because you turn off the torrent as soon as it finishes, think again.