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Several people have been warning users to avoid The Pirate Bay, due to CloudFlare integration and potential FBI IP bugs. There are even suggestions that the FBI has been involved in the site's somewhat mysterious rebirth.
Nobody knows who really runs The Pirate Bay, but the old moderation team were all removed as part of the relaunch. The Pirate Bay now allows people to 'report' malicious torrents instead of having a moderation team.
Some claim the FBI re-launched The Pirate Bay or had connections to the owners, implanting IP bugs on all torrent’s uploaded for investigation. The Pirate Bay has denied these accusations, claiming CloudFlare is only a temporary measure to help with the influx of traffic on the torrenting site.
CloudFlare is a cloud server provider, but is based in the US. Many privacy advocates claim CloudFlare is not a safe tool, due to the potential warrant-less searches from the FBI and other US agencies. On the topic of working with the FBI, The Pirate Bay has not responded, but TorrentFreak claims the accusations are "complete nonsense" but said that "general security concerns of using a US-based service are legitimate".
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by pnkwarhall on Thursday February 12 2015, @09:11PM
What does SoylentNews think? Is it wise to stay away?
Does it really come down to "Can I get away with it?" If this is the real question/problem, the true elephant-in-the-room to the whole "piracy" issue, then you've placed the solution squarely back in the court of the RIAA and their brethren. Their goals are all about creating consequences (or at least the perceived risk of consequences) to dissuade this type of behavior.
If one sincerely believes the dogma of "Content wants to be free!" and "Screw the RIAA/MPAA for their sins", then one should grow some balls and practice civil disobedience -- accepting the consequences that may or may not come along for the ride.
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