Yeup.
Child porn is NSA code for 'give me all your data'
the original question remains.
why did torrenting a linux distro get the OP flagged for a copyright violation?
take it up with comcast. my message did not even mention what I torrented.
The only thing I can think of is that I torrented deepin linux which is chinese and has a bunch of proprietary software bundled in it.
I think he was just being tactful
edit - or not lol just read his response
The IP holder will tell you waht you downloaded, it would say the name of the tracker
Just finished setting up openvpn on a digital ocean droplet with this guide. You get 1tb of transfer for $5 a month. Seems too work pretty great and fast so far.
Might be a good video idea "Setting up your own vpn server"
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I've actually gotten calls to our house phone with like a line manager losing his shit over my torrents. I told him to go get a linux pro magazine and figure that shit out and he screamed like an 8 year old and shut the net off for a week.
After a week it came back on, we got another call, his supervisor, and we were informed that we wouldn't be having any more problems.
Literally call, ask for the real tech support, and chat with them. Not just sales reps, make some bullshit excuse that sounds complicated to get to the real people and they'll kill your problem. I do it all the time.
Ha! Care to share if they were Linux distros or not, @FaunCB ? I recall a few defcon presentations where presenters received calls for things they accessed or scanned. One was that viss found something like an internet connected scada system in a power plant.
I deleted the message. Obviously in hind sight, that was a bad idea.
Originally I was just going to ignore it. But then I am like oh wait, we have fast internet now and I can actually do something about this. I should have kept it to post here.
There was nothing on there about any particular torrent. But the only thing I have torrented in the last month was deepin because their beta download was a bit slow. I am taking an educated guess that torrent is what they are talking about.
It looked like comcast simply had an issue with p2p traffic coming out of pirate bay.
They also took the time to inform me that I should change my router password and that I should do a virus check on my computer.
Actually its been linux distros, the defcon torrents, even just transferring MY OWN DATA.
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Hmmm that wasn't a normal DMCA/notice of infringement* from comcast then
Or you just didn't notice towards the bottom what was DL'd
I too looked for a copy but I don't have one. We have the same provider tho
This sounds like a scam or a different sort of notice. A DMCA claim or whatever would very clearly spell out what they thought you did. IME accurately
edit - they used to throttle p2p traffic, but they would never threaten you. The only reason they pass on the warnings is because they're legally obligated to. Something is off about this, i don't see why anyone would send you a random email like that tho