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I also wonder what the RIAA and MPAA think of this? I know using a browser isn't ideal for piracy, but at the same time those two organizations are one of several major reasons why ISPs snoop on their customers.


does RIAA/MPAA snooping rely on DNS traffic at all? I was under the impression that the only thing RIAA/MPAA caught people for was the act of sharing, usually in the form of torrent seeding, and this was done by third parties they contracted out to who would provide a list of IPs they caught seeding. Then the list of IPs were resolved to ISPs who were sent subpoenas where they thought they had a good chance of ISP cooperation. Is there some legal, warrantless wiretapping I'm not aware of?


Usually they primarily go after torrents, but some websites have caught their ire over the years.




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