▲ 699 ▼ Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 year ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 173 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Don't public trackers add random IPs? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago They could. The protocol also supports IP spoofing, so doxing could also be a thing. For individuals, it is a time consuming and costly legal process, whether justified or not. For the law firm, it costs a few cents per letter, but they get a few hundred (or more) euros when some sucker pays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago They could. The protocol also supports IP spoofing, so doxing could also be a thing. For individuals, it is a time consuming and costly legal process, whether justified or not. For the law firm, it costs a few cents per letter, but they get a few hundred (or more) euros when some sucker pays. permalink fedilink source parent