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Old 02-22-2012, 10:01 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by murraypaul View Post
Blocking TPB would have two effects:
a) You couldn't access the website to download a torrent file.
b) You couldn't contact the tracker to find peers to download any files.
Of course if there are multiple trackers defined for the torrent then b will have less impact.
That horse appears to have already bolted. One more stable door not in need of closing.

And it appears that it's not going to be possible to even close the stable doors in future.

Like most arms races I doubt there's ever going to be a final solution on either side. As soon as one side comes up with a shield the other side comes up with a better arrow.
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