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HelperGuy wrote:They also can't determine where you are anyway, with any accuracy. You could be tracked maybe to a two-block radius; certainly not to your house.

espíritu del lago wrote:Great info, Oh, love the twit site.... Thanks all!

Zedinmexico wrote:DSL is a point to point technology like a landline phone. Cable is a shared resource in a neighborhood for example. I would think it easy to trace if you were DSL technology. Am I missing something?Z

HelperGuy wrote:I think generally speaking, people want to subscribe to NetFlix (and similar services, like watching TV shows on ABC.com), which you can't do if you are outside of the U.S., because the IP address tells NetFlix that. Canada has no NetFlix yet, and Mexico has Latin Netflix, so by hiding your IP address you can appear to be in the U.S., and therefore subscribe. Sort of like using Shaw Direct down here, by brushing aside the very grey area of satellite signal legalities.

And yes, hiding your IP is also common for folks downloading music and movies, in an effort to keep the recording association and others from tracking them.

Thanks, easy way around that, get an apple T.V. awesome service for about $8 a month and an Itunes account, and legally buy your tunes at about $10 for a complete album or .99 for one.

HelperGuy wrote:

Thanks, easy way around that, get an apple T.V. awesome service for about $8 a month and an Itunes account, and legally buy your tunes at about $10 for a complete album or .99 for one.

There's nothing at all wrong with being legal, that's for sure. But you would get an argument from those who pay under $10/month for NetFlix for just about any movie or TV show anytime, while Apple TV generally wants you to rent a single movie for $4.99 or buy for $20.

On the other hand, you can subscribe to NetFlix through Apple TV. And to watch on your TV, you must purchase an Apple TV box (not sure if the Apple stores here carry them?), whereas no hardware purchase is necessary for NetFlix if you have a SmartTV or a TV Internet connection.

HelperGuy wrote:Hey, there are lots and lots of options. Just answering the question about "Why hide IP".

Graboid screwed up for me so much I finally quit. Plus, with Graboid you either watch on your computer or burn to disk, unless of course you are hooked up to your TV... but the quality suffers.

From leaked AT&T training documents we learned that the company will block users’ access to popular websites until they complete a copyright education course. However, none of the participating Internet providers have publicly commented on the measures they plan to take, until now.

During a panel discussion hosted by the New York Chapter of the Internet Society, Verizon and Time Warner Cable unveiled details of their plans.

Link Hoewing, Vice President of Internet and Technology Issues for Verizon, said his company will employ a three stage process. The first two alerts will result in a simple notification email informing the users that their connection has been flagged for copyright infringements.

After the second warning comes the acknowledgment phase in which a popup is delivered users. Once received subscribers are required to read and confirm, a process designed to ensure that they are aware of the unauthorized sharing that’s taking place via their account.

If the infringements continue punishments become a reality on the fifth and the sixth alerts. Hoewing said that these repeated infringers will have their Internet connections throttled resulting in significantly slower download speeds. The throttling is temporary and will be lifted after two or three days.

E-raq wrote:O.K. bear with a techno dummy here for a moment please. Why would you want to hide your IP address here, where it changes every time you unplug your modem or there's a power outage?

If you live in an area like the U.S. or Canada, where you have a static IP, why would you want to use a hide my IP service? Does that in itself not look suspicious?
Just saying. Doesn't make any sense to me.

merry wrote:

E-raq wrote:O.K. bear with a techno dummy here for a moment please. Why would you want to hide your IP address here, where it changes every time you unplug your modem or there's a power outage?

If you live in an area like the U.S. or Canada, where you have a static IP, why would you want to use a hide my IP service? Does that in itself not look suspicious?
Just saying. Doesn't make any sense to me.

When hiding your IP address is outlawed, only outlaws will hide their IP addresses. People want privacy for many reasons, for good or for nefarious reasons, and they have the right. Looking suspicious is hopefully not yet a crime. It doesn't have to make sense to you.

merry

merry wrote:Z, I didn't say we have an explicit right in the Constitution, that is a whole nother ball of wax and I'm not up for constitutional arguments right now.

I guess because this IS a really hot issue, people who want privacy need to protect it by whatever means they can. For example, I'm a writer and often research a long list of topics that could set off all the bells going at Langley. Authors would therefore be good candidates for hiding their IP address with no nefarious motive.

merry