My son is using to Bit Torrent

[Msmith]

He was downloading some TV shows. Our ISP sent 34 emails within one hour to warn about the illegal download. I showed the messages to him. He said that it was his first time so he would stop. But what of the consequence? Should I contact our ISP about this?

[thegame214]

If some of you put the same effort in downloading illegal shit as you put into your jobs you could probably just pay the $15 a month for HBO you cheap fucks. Relax I'm kidding lol

[cooper barrett]

I'd like to know more, for a friend.

Is this a software you install? if so, is it portable?

Originally Posted by Fish

The very nature of how VPNs work make them incredibly inefficient. You become completely dependent on VPN server bandwidth, its current load, routing, etc. I've used many VPNs, in addition to configuring VPN services for our work infrastructure. It's effective, but it introduces all kinds of drawbacks. I greatly prefer newgroups or even better, torrent aggregators. There's essentially no worry about any DMCA notices. You're using all available bandwidth for downloading. You don't have to bother with a torrent client and the seeding of others. My torrent aggregator sources from pirate bay and many others, so if it's available on any of the torrent sites it's available to me without ever going to those sites. I go to one website, perform a search for what I want, and download it worry free. No additional client, no VPN connection to establish and remember to turn off once I'm finished. The site does all the dirty work. If the content is something like movies or TV, I can even stream it directly from the site. It has the ability to take something like a collection of RAR files for a TV season, and make that streamable on the fly directly from the website. I search for content, and have the ability to directly stream or download. They even provide an API so I could use some Python and have a couchpotato type setup. There's already an existing KODI addon for the one I use, so I can add the addon and stream everything that way without ever having to do anything other than browsing the addon. I pay a small monthly fee, but it's so worth it I wouldn't bat an eye at paying double what I'm currently paying for it.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by cooper barrett

I'd like to know more, for a friend.

Is this a software you install? if so, is it portable?

No, it's a website. Which makes it available from anywhere on any device.
There are Chrome extensions, KODI addons, etc. so you can access all the media in many different ways. Here's a detailed description of what it does:

Spoiler!

Furk: Direct Download BitTorrent Proxy On Steroids
BY ENIGMAX ON JUNE 15, 2009 C: 136

Furk is not your regular torrent site. Not only does it function as a meta-search engine, but you can also download 'torrents' via Furk's servers using HTTP. And it doesn't stop there. Furk holds these downloads in a searchable database that anyone can use, turning the site into a kind of mashup between BitTorrent and Rapidshare.

FurkIn the regular BitTorrent downloading scenario we would go to a torrent site such as The Pirate Bay or Mininova, select a torrent and download it. Once that torrent starts running in our client, connections are made to other people using the same technique and the content is downloaded and shared with and via those ‘peers’.

This type of file-sharing is very effective – indeed, it’s what BitTorrent is all about. However, there are those who would prefer to stop or hinder such P2P traffic – certain ISPs take measures to identify BitTorrent protocol traffic and slow it down with a process known as ‘throttling’.

While Furk.net can simply be used as a torrent meta-search engine to trawl other sites for .torrent files, to combat throttling (and privacy concerns) Furk bills part of its service as a ‘BitTorrent Proxy’. This means that instead of searching for a torrent file and downloading in the usual manner via the BitTorrent protocol, instead Furk itself joins the swarm in question and downloads the material directly to their own servers.

Once completed, users can simply download that material directly from Furk’s super-fast network using the HTTP protocol in their regular web browser. Identical to standard web traffic, HTTP generally isn’t throttled by ISPs, allowing the user to download more quickly than with throttled BitTorrent. In the less likely event that an ISP tries to slow down HTTP, downloads can be made from Furk using HTTPs.

“By default all links are HTTPs,” Furk admin told TorrentFreak. “It helps to avoid content filtering systems and increase the level of anonymity. Also for every link the user can choose an alternative link with a non-standard port.” This element of the service is only available to premium users at a few euros per month but free users can still have fun with Furk.

It’s also possible to upload your own files and videos to the service, but Furk has another much more interesting trick up its sleeve – and it’s available to non-premium users. Instead of just keeping the content on their servers for material requested by you, Furk keeps the content requested by everyone. This means that Furk has a growing database of material culled from torrent sites, but offered via direct and immediate HTTP download. A search for ‘aXXo’ shows hundreds of releases, mostly available for direct download. Think of it like Rapidshare, but with a BitTorrent backend.

“Speed for premium users is unlimited. All of the servers are on a 1Gps network and we have plenty of unused bandwidth,” Furk admin told TorrentFreak. “Free downloads are currently limited only by restricting the number of download sessions, so download managers can be used only with premium accounts.”

However, even with no premium account, some impressive speeds can be achieved. We managed decent transfers from The Netherlands, Russia and the US, before finally maxing out a 20mbit Hungarian connection. It remains to be seen if these speeds can be maintained once the masses start hitting the service – probably not, since there needs to be something to draw users to the premium service, but time will tell.

[Shaid]

Interesting Fish. Can you set it up directly on your router so you don't have to mess with setting it up on multiple devices?

[MTG#10]

Originally Posted by Fish

furk.net

Here's some invite codes if you'd like to try it:

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"Bandwidth limit: up to 250GB per month"

And it looks like you have to buy the lifetime subscription just to get that.

Deal killer for me.

[Shaid]

Originally Posted by MTG#10

"Bandwidth limit: up to 250GB per month"

And it looks like you have to buy the lifetime subscription just to get that.

Deal killer for me.

That answers the router question.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Shaid

Interesting Fish. Can you set it up directly on your router so you don't have to mess with setting it up on multiple devices?

There's nothing to set up. You would simply access the furk website from whatever device you needed to. If you want to download something(movies/TV/apps/books/etc), open a web browser, type in furk.net, log in, search for your something, and download it. If you're wanting to just stream a movie or TV, search for that and click stream instead of download. If you use KODI, install the What the Furk addon, launch the addon and browse movies/TV. Zero buffering. Their bandwidth is incredible. If the media you want isn't already hosted on Furk's servers, it will aggregate torrent sites, and then copy it from that torrent site to Furk's servers where you can download it quickly and safely. You can also upload your own content and access it in the same manner.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by MTG#10

"Bandwidth limit: up to 250GB per month"

And it looks like you have to buy the lifetime subscription just to get that.

Deal killer for me.

I've only hit my limit once. You can get extra bandwidth easily enough. Extra 100GB for $13. Extra 300GB for $35.

[Lex Luthor]

Originally Posted by thegame214

If some of you put the same effort in downloading illegal shit as you put into your jobs you could probably just pay the $15 a month for HBO you cheap ****s. Relax I'm kidding lol

I have HBO and Showtime through my cable provider, so I'm already paying for access to HBO Go and Showtime Anytime. I also have a Netflex subscription, so I think I'm doing enough to support the pay services.

There is some content that's not available to me unless I download it. For example, the newest Stephen King mini-series, Mr Mercedes, is only available if you have AT&T U-Verse or Direct TV. I'm not really interested in changing cable providers just to watch one show, so I download it. I'm also not interested in paying a monthly fee to CBS just to watch Star Trek Discovery, so I download it.

I suspect AT&T and CBS would see it differently, so I use a VPN.

[jjjayb]

Notice and Takedown
• It is expected that all users of any part of the Furk.net system will comply with applicable copyright laws. However, if Furk.net receives proper notification of claimed copyright infringement it will respond expeditiously by removing, or disabling access to, the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity. Furk.net will comply with the appropriate provisions of the DMCA in the event a proper counter notification is received.

Repeat Infringers
• Furk.net may, in its discretion, use all appropriate means to terminate user access to its system or network who are repeat infringers.

How would this be any different than your ISP terminating you?

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by jjjayb

How would this be any different than your ISP terminating you?

One thing that comes to mind is that your other internet activities wouldn't be at risk of unexpected interruption.

[cooper barrett]

Mr Mercedes was worth it

Originally Posted by Lex Luthor

I have HBO and Showtime through my cable provider, so I'm already paying for access to HBO Go and Showtime Anytime. I also have a Netflex subscription, so I think I'm doing enough to support the pay services.

There is some content that's not available to me unless I download it. For example, the newest Stephen King mini-series, Mr Mercedes, is only available if you have AT&T U-Verse or Direct TV. I'm not really interested in changing cable providers just to watch one show, so I download it. I'm also not interested in paying a monthly fee to CBS just to watch Star Trek Discovery, so I download it.

I suspect AT&T and CBS would see it differently, so I use a VPN.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Fish

I've only hit my limit once. You can get extra bandwidth easily enough. Extra 100GB for $13. Extra 300GB for $35.

Do you use, have you used, download managers? Which have/ do you use?

I also do not see how to search for a tv show or movie. I do see where I can input a URL info-hash, or magnet link

[Ming the Merciless]

a 3 year old reddit thread to "prove" buying a VPN for your son is a smart decision ...instead of eductating him on how to use p2p properly

LOL

idiot

again, you rush to provlaim my advice as "horrible" and then proceed to shit yourself

how many kids you got?

[Ming the Merciless]

Been using usenet since the 90's, thats pretty good advice there