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by KoZeN 5812 days ago
I appreciate the positives and the logical motivation behind this move but does this not provide an opportunity for end-users to torrent more nefarious files?

Surely Swedish pedophiles are having a field day? Am I missing something?
3 comments
SoftwareMaven 5812 days ago
There are enough technologies out there that, if you want anonymity, you can have it (check out Tor and Proxify).

Governments that are saying "we need to monitor your every move to save you from the .5%" are playing on your fears to take your freedoms away.

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Dementati 5812 days ago
Are you willing to give up all manner of personal privacy if that means you're able to more easily apprehend criminals of various kinds?

Is monitoring filesharing sites the most effective way of fighting pedophilia?

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KoZeN 5812 days ago
I was hoping the comment wouldn't come across as scaremongering but on reflection I probably should have worded it better.

All valid points and I humbly stand corrected.

I wasn't suggesting that this will directly increase that form of activity but I was more curious as to the possible negative applications an annonymous IP service would subsequently provide to those looking to take advantage of the system. I still am curious to be honest.

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henrikschroder 5812 days ago
If you're the police, and if you have evidence that a user of this ISP is distributing child pornography, and if you ask nicely, I'm sure they'll help out.

But if you want blanket surveillance, or if it involves some teenager downloading music, they'll (rightly) tell you to go away.

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Dementati 5812 days ago
"But if you want blanket surveillance, or if it involves some teenager downloading music, they'll (rightly) tell you to go away."

And sadly, they would currently be breaking the law in doing so in Sweden.

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loewenskind 5812 days ago
Who cares? Seriously, even if they are, who cares? The biggest problem with child pornography is that customers drive production of it which drives creation of it. But if some guy is using an anonymous ISP to anonymously download a file for free what possible impact can that have?

You might say that some people would get off on creating it and putting it up on the internet for free, but what's stopping them from doing everything but that last step now?

I don't think torrenting has an effect on it either way, but if you do please provide your argument.

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