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"Which seems overly complex, when you could just let a firewall block all outgoing traffic."
Except that you don't want to block all outgoing traffic - only to those particular sites. I guess a firewall can be set to do that. But most people aren't going to do that either.
Fair point about "the average person can't download thus stuff", though "average" in reality covers huge variations in ability and knowledge - from people who get P2P but don't know how to check for fakes, to those who are fastidious about it, and everything in between. I think it's very hard to be completely prescriptive about what people really do and don't know. Overall, I feel it's best to advise people not to (a) break copyright law (b) download stuff that might harbour malware of unknown malignancy.
Charles
"Which seems overly complex, when you could just let a firewall block all outgoing traffic."
Except that you don't want to block all outgoing traffic - only to those particular sites. I guess a firewall can be set to do that. But most people aren't going to do that either.
Fair point about "the average person can't download thus stuff", though "average" in reality covers huge variations in ability and knowledge - from people who get P2P but don't know how to check for fakes, to those who are fastidious about it, and everything in between. I think it's very hard to be completely prescriptive about what people really do and don't know. Overall, I feel it's best to advise people not to (a) break copyright law (b) download stuff that might harbour malware of unknown malignancy.
Charles
