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Originally posted by oldjagman@15 June 2004 - 12:24
AT&T can scan their network for consistently heavy use (it's basic practice for a Telecom business).
If you show up as a very heavy user from a private address they will be interested and they can then trace who you are connected to and the rest is simple.
Forget computer security! If your download goes through the PSTN at any stage then you can be traced, the nature of the traffic discerned and the end user (uploader) found.
If AT&T are your ISP then they can deal with you directly, if you use another ISP who sells on AT&T lines then they wil go to the ISP not you.
What we are doing is illegal if the download is not in the public domain so they have every right to attempt to stop us if they so wish.
My guess is AT&T have links with the distributors you mention and are acting on their behalf.
My advice - emigrate to Canada, Holland or the UK where the thought police have better things to do!
By heavy use do you mean that Im downloading to fast 150k/s or that I download too much in a certain time period say 5 gigs a month??