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[Vaj is for Fags]

I downloaded an episode of Heroes, and of course, deleted the torrent after I was done downloading it.  My parents still got an email forwarded to them by the ISP from NBC to cease and desist.

Now my concern is that our IP is probably on a "watch" list and whatnot.  How can I protect myself from NBC or whoever seeing me download other episodes in the future?  Should I start using a proxy?  I already have UltraSurf 9.92 which I used while I was in Europe.  Should I be using that more?  Should I just not worry?

[The Duct Tape Phantom]

you should use hulu it's free you know.

[Agent Orange]

If UltraSurf works by using non-transparent proxies, then I suppose you could use that, so long as it changes it at the IP Stack and not just for browsers (basically you have to be sure it works for other applications). Some proxies will throttle bandwidth through them, so that they don't have to incur high bandwidth charges. So I haven't used it, so I'm not sure how they usually works with the proxies that it captures.

Software like PeerGuardian advertise blocking IP's that may be from copyright holders and their agents, however, it blocks a lot of legit IP's as well and from my perspective they just do simple ARNIC, etc. searches and then block the entire IP block, which is almost useless and broad.

Anyway, the only safe ways otherwise is to use an anonymous VPN service or a SeedBox (neither are free, but they usually offer group logins and PayPal-type donations from an entire group to pay the bill).

Anyway, the best things to do is A) Encrypt your torrent traffic B) Use only private trackers C) Don't seed a lot (I know it goes against torrent philosophy, but so does pirating) D) Don't max out your upload (doing so hurts your download rate anyway), but find some sort of happy medium.

And of course, have the decency to be on your own ISP service if you are going to pirate and don't screw your parents or someone else over.

[Old Man [OFPR]]

i know, just sit down and watch it on TV! OMG! What a concept!!!
or DVR record it/Tivo it

[The Duct Tape Phantom]

i know, just sit down and watch it on TV! OMG! What a concept!!!
or DVR record it/Tivo it

DVR's are good too.  Seriously with so many legal (and free) ways to get tv I have to wonder why you are bothering to download it at all.

[Vaj is for Fags]

Well, I'm a season behind.  I probably could just do Hulu, but I like having the copy so I can watch it wherever and whenever I want.  I guess I've been dling it simply because that is how I always have done it.  And when I'm traveling it seems to be the best way because Hulu doesn't work overseas and there are a lot of times when I don't even have an internet connection.

And yeah, I'm on my parent's ISP, which is why I want to be particularly careful. 

How do I encrypt my torrent traffic?  I'm using uTorrent.

[Agent Orange]

You can encrypt it under Preferences > Networks. Just remember that it doesn't add much security. Certainly, since NBC sent the ISP the letter, then in this case you would have still gottent he letter, because someone that was peering with you (sharing with you) was recording all of its peer's IP addresses and you happened to be one of them.

The safest ways cost some cold hard cash. Every free solution out there is only some minimal protection, except I don't know much about the UltraSurf's application/network of proxies. But you know, whatever, can't be worse than what you are doing now.