Comments on: Anonymize BitTorrent Transfers with BTGuard

By: styxone

styxone — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:29:55 +0000

it's true man
they must build more jail for us coz we don't care
and the bit torrent is free why to pay for that

By: holoverse

holoverse — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:06:50 +0000

btguard does not work any more since almost all trackers banned it due to IP Spoofing or other problems, and has not worked properly for quite some time now.

They also don't respond to emails for assistance.

Complaints have been lodged with Paypal for false and deceptive advertising of a non-working service.
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Don't waste your money
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By: notdman

notdman — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:13:02 +0000

I'm using BT currently and seeing around 150kb/s

By: Jo3Shm0

Jo3Shm0 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:51:34 +0000

I just started using BTGuard a few days ago. It's been working really well up until new year's eve. Today is the 3rd and that shyte is still down man! I ping them and it's forever "Request Timed Out". I'm paying $7 for nothing. I emailed them twice but nay on the response. WTF!

By: Jack Mehoffer

Jack Mehoffer — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:13:56 +0000

These comments are some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever read!

By: dman

dman — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:06:59 +0000

They target PRIVATE trackers.

It is because, paying for torrenting is REALpiracy. Free torrenting, is not, according to the Telecommunications Act of 1996…

information wants to be free :)

By: annoyed

annoyed — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:15:13 +0000

Where is the free trial? The link to the free trial page only takes you to a purchase page. What a scam.

By: Snowbird

Snowbird — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:20:54 +0000

Well, well,

What a discussion here at the other end of the world…
In Europe we have the same problems with legal downloading, etc, etc.
What about hiding your IP-addresses with hideyouripaddress or sthng like that?

By: In Paranoia There Is Safety

In Paranoia There Is Safety — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:24:24 +0000

No, you’re being cautious. BTW, BTGuard is on the Bluetack/Peer Guardian blocklists. So, for those using this “service”, you’re not going to connect to anyone that filters IP’s.

By: trev1604

trev1604 — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:56:35 +0000

Is anybody else concerned by the following?

1) there is very little info about them on the web

2) nothing pre-dates March 2008

3) certain discussion groups contain hints of possible “honey trap”

Am I just being more paranoid than normal?

By: space

space — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:59:08 +0000

works –
actually my speed increased

By: bigfoot1

bigfoot1 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:12:02 +0000

I signed up to bt guard.so many clients do not allow tracker connections in the u.s.
My expierience…that the same torrents underway were imediatly open to a butt load of trackers…speeds went way up,tho not,”amazing”Also…my secondary internet use speed has increased dramitacally(throtteling?)finally…the peace of mind of privacy for my legal downloads…2 cups of good coffee a month…I am a fan so far and recomend giving it a go

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:19:27 +0000

Hmm. Well, if and when one of our ISPs gets us, and prevents one of us from seeding.. then we’ll do something about it… mebbe try out this service… until then, screw them.

By: Curious

Curious — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:17:49 +0000

Anyone know any usenet providers not based in the USA or Canada??

By: naakaab

naakaab — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:23:41 +0000

i hope this works..what 5 bucks u talkin about

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Protect Your Privacy When Downloading [Feature] · TechBlogger — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:42:08 +0000

[...] most likely see a speed drop, and sometimes it’s a very significant drop. According to the TorrentFreak weblog, though, BitTorrent transfers with BTGuard are almost equal to a direct connection—meaning [...]

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By: Ducky

Ducky — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:24:42 +0000

I dont see anywhere to get this “free” trial mentioned

By: WTF

WTF — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:43:40 +0000

[quote comment="307516"]#8, you’re a *lot* safer on a private tracker. They usually only bother with public trackers (so far). In fact, I haven’t heard about someone being busted on a private tracker. Prove me wrong on that (hopefully, you can’t, though).[/quote]
Umm Oink…..

By: TheGooch

TheGooch — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:58:35 +0000

[quote comment="308172"][quote comment="307854"]GUYS,
This service doesn’t say no one can snoop on your traffic; people still can, they admit that.
This service doesn’t say you will not get in legal trouble, because that is always a possiblity.
This service DOES say, if you are being blocked from downloading by your ISP, then this service should be able to bypass that.

Its that simple; if your ISP is screwing with your torrent, these guys can probably help you. That’s all they are saying, no more, no less. [English isn't rocket science!][/quote]
Actually, they do say right on their site that they protect you from your ISP. They cannot do that by using a plain text method.

Nor can they prevent any throttling based on actual packet inspection. Because it’s all plain text, packet inpection will still show you up as using bittorrent. Many ISPs use ellacoyas for DPI to prevent bittorrent use. Sandvine is not the only nasty out there.

As for their argument that “Your ISP doesn’t sniff your packets to find you out”, they obviously have no clue how things work at various ISPs. If they did, then they would know 3 of the biggest UK ISPs are about to start copying all traffic passing over port 80 for the purposes of targetted ads (including the traffic you now send through this proxy). Once this happens, the BPI can make a very easy case for copyright infringement tracking being the responsibility of the ISP as they are no longer merely conduits for data. The UK govt has already threatened legislation if the ISPs cannot come to an agreement with the BPI.

ISPs in other countries have to comply with draconian government regulations which this does nothing to protect against.

A VPN or SSH tunnel protects you against both ISP monitoring and mafiaa monitoring. They state in their comment above that they are working on an SSH solution.
If they truly believed their own crap about ISPs not looking at packets, they would not be building an SSH solution.[/quote]

Actually, ever since I started using them, the throttling has stopped working and I am getting deceent download speeds from my dorms ISP. So maybe its time to backpedal…eh?