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01-31-2012 07:12 AM |
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Originally Posted by blastingas10
(Post 1148179)
So how exactly is filestube safe?
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Well, for one, you're downloading files straight from a file-host, which is--in and of itself--not illegal or unsafe. Your IP address is not displayed to anyone but the server itself, as any ordinary client/server communication would have it. Also, companies don't put honeypots on file-hosts, because they'd have to own and administer those servers. (stick with well-known file hosts)
Let's say, however, that the file-host was Megaupload. Well, you saw what happened with that. The site was shut down. The FBI is not scouring the server logs for the millions of people who downloaded Lady GaGa's albums, provided there's even a permanent log anyway.
Pirating sources are addressed at the source. The end user doesn't have much to worry about.
I'd say the biggest threat, as of now, with downloading from a file hosting site is downloading a file with a virus in it, which your antivirus should be able to catch when you scan it.
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