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After a lengthy $10,000,000 lawsuit, TorGuard has conceded to movie studios and is now banning BitTorrent traffic and is now keeping logs on American users and servers.

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[–] [email protected] 95 points 1 year ago (6 children)

This article is from March of last year, and a quick google seems to show that’s when most outlets covered this story. Am I right in seeing that this is a year-old story? The article mentioning things that happened in 2021 as “last year” caught my attention

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't mind too much, I didn't know TorGuard was blocking that traffic or logging American users but now I do. So I appreciate the article in that regard but the post should've been titled like "Reminder that TorGuard tracks American users" or something rather than being presented as new info imo.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Yeah that’s basically my view as well. I don’t take issue with posting “old news”, so long as it’s presented as such. This is good for people to know, especially TorGuard users who are unaware, but the lens people use to understand a story changes depending on whether they think it’s a new development or an old fact, so some distinction is good

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are not logging American users; they disabled Bittorrent traffic for any user connected to a US server.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Interesting, thanks for the additional info!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

This was news at the time, but the truth is that they blocked BT traffic from US servers, not worldwide.

If nothing has changed, this is mostly a non-story.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Just think of this as more of a YSK, instead of breaking news. 😉

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still use it today for torrenting…if it’s from last year wouldn’t it not work anymore? I didn’t see an effective date

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve noticed within the last month I’ve had to switch location server to a non-American one. I’m not seeing in that article that they keep log info now though, do you?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. And their website still says that they don't keep logs, and I can find no other information indicating otherwise. If it was the case, I'd have canceled immediately.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same. I’ll have to contact their support to confirm.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. This is true

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Gotta fill up that content somehow