That does indeed sound frustrating. Have you considered arguing that the free software BT clients don't contain spyware, and that users can directly audit the code to confirm this?
Of course it's possible that you could download something containing spyware with a BT client, but that is really no different than anywhere else on the internet. What are they threatening to do if you refuse to stop or at least reduce your BT usage? On Jan 16, 2008 6:39 PM, Ryan Prior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been the recipient of a few foreboding warnings from my university's > computing center, telling me that my BitTorrent usage is being noticed by > the school's network admins. I called the resident computing center to ask > them to stop sending me these emails, and the guy I talked to delivered a > message to me which he said that he is obligated to deliver to everybody who > calls in regarding these issues -- that you shouldn't use BitTorrent, that > BitTorrent clients all contain spyware, and that for every 1 person who uses > BitTorrent for a legitimate purpose, there are 100 more who are using it > illegally. > > As somebody who takes advantage of distributed peer-to-peer services to > download freely licensed media, I am both proud to be among those who use > the technology for good and not evil and angry to hear that my school > network's policy is to spread lies about the nature of BitTorrent. If > someone on the list knows of a source where I can find info about the ratio > of legitimate traffic to illegal traffic on BitTorrent, or which torrent > clients spy on their users, will you please share some links? > > Thanks, > Ryan > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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