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I have recently received a message on my computer stating that my Internet Service Provider has been monitoring my traffic and have recorded me downloading several torrents that they have marked as illegal. If I download any more torrents, they are going to shut down my Internet access, which I desperately need.
I have spoken to those who are representatives of my ISP and I have explained this situation. The torrents I download are not illegal at all. The contents are artwork that has been submitted online for all to see. I find these artwork albums and download them in bulk.
I have done nothing wrong, yet they still threaten to shut off my Internet if I download any more torrents.
If I click a magnet link say for example on The Pirate Bay while using the Tor Browser, will that data be monitored by my Internet provider?
Edit: To everyone who has given me advice thank you so much. I have made sure the people that I have talked to are representatives of my ISP. I just called them an admin because I didn't know what else to call them. I don't know too much about my ISP except it's my college's who unfortunately still wont budge on my issue. I guess I'm just going to have to change my ISP... Anyway, if there's any other info I could give you to help me I'd be more than willing. Thank you for all of your help!
That question may not be permitted in here. You'll probably find that out in a few minutes. – Austin ''Danger'' Powers – 2013-02-24T19:53:11.313
@d-man: Actually, we should give this question the benefit of the doubt. It's not clearly illegal, even though it refers to Tor Browser and The Pirate Bay.
– Deltik – 2013-02-24T19:54:54.0373Agreed. 99% of torrents usage might be for illegal things, but there are also legitimate uses. E.g. several games update themselves via the torrent protocol. (For which it is perfect). Some distributions such as FreeBSD offer their legals isos via torrent. Etc etc. – Hennes – 2013-02-24T20:00:33.937
2Arrrr me hearties. A question for the swashbuckling high seas to be sure! Ye've been boarded! Ok, well it's hard to know without knowing more about the content and its source- I can't comment about whether the original creator minds his stuff is now on P2P. Regardless, if you are "seeding" for weeks and weeks after finishing a download, that will certainly increase your risk of getting these friendly letters from your ISP. Apparently they target the people sharing ("seeders") the most because there are fewer of them, making it a more effective way to disrupt the P2P network. – Austin ''Danger'' Powers – 2013-02-24T20:07:08.140
3Unless you configure your Bit Torrent application to use a proxy it won't. If you have not been downloading illegal files contact your ISP about the false positive. If you have been downloading illegal files stop doing so. – Ramhound – 2013-02-24T20:07:26.500
To everyone who has given me advice thank you so much. I have made sure the people that I have talked to are representatives of my ISP I just called them an admin because I didn't know what else to call them. I don't know too much about my Isp except its my college's who unfortunately still wont budge on my issue. I guess I'm just going to have to change my isp....Anyway if there's any other info I could give you to help me Id be more than willing. Thank you for all of your help! – TEAC – 2013-02-24T22:00:20.953