P2P pirates, passwords, IPTV, encryption becomes Morgan

[Alpine]

" Mininova is cool because it tells you if the torrent requires a password or not. This way you don't waste your time searching for a password. It also tells you if the site the torrent is at requires registration." -poster on usenet newsgroup

" what's the f*****g point of putting passwords on files anyway when it's clearly identifiable what the file is ?? - another, not-so-happy user

IT'S ENCRYPTED! I heard, loudly. I was waiting in line to send a fax at an internet cafe when I overheard a pair of teens, complaining in front of their rent-by-the-hour internet connected computer. "You need a .zip password cracker", I replied trying to be nice and sniff what they were up to. "For a 700mb cd image? forget it!" he replied. "But you know, the .zip password protection is pretty weak", I challenged the know-it-all. "Oh yeah, but this is a 700mb .RAR, we're f****d!". Oh yes they were, so I decided to mind my own business. I sent the fax and headed home. Before leaving the place, I looked back at the teens... they were still trying to brute-force, guess the password or somehow decrypt the file. "The password must be somewhere... I spent a week downloading this movie!" one told the other with some resignation. That got me thinking and after arriving home I finally found what they were talking about.

The INQuirer