IPREDator
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Ipredator is a virtual private networking service offered by The Pirate Bay
with the stated goal of providing internet privacy
. It is a response to the introduction of IPRED in Sweden
, which will allow copyright
holders and law enforcement
officials to request personal information about copyright infringement
suspects.
On 12 August 2009, the beta testing invitations were sent out to those who entered their email addresses into the beta signup form. Additionally, the homepage has changed to reflect the beta. The service uses the PPTP protocol
(supported natively in XP, Vista, Windows 7, OS X and Linux through the use of PPTP-linux) to tunnel the connection through servers (vpn.ipredator.se which resolves to multiple IP addresses) located in Sweden.
On September 14, 2009, Ipredator "The Second Batch" became available for public consumption.
On November 28, 2009, Ipredator became publicly available and exited the beta stage. This was done to counteract FRA, which started listening to internet traffic over the Swedish borders on December 1. To reflect this, The Pirate Bay changed their logo on December 1, 2009, to an image from the game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
depicting FRA as the opponent Glass Joe, which is a legendary easy opponent from the game. The image linked to Ipredator.se with the message "FRA vs Ipredator - It's on!"
On Windows clients, it is recommended to disable IPv6
, File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks and Client for Microsoft Networks because these features may disclose information .
As of February 2011, the service costs 149sek (about €17/US$23 on 21 Feb. 2011) for three months. The site accepts PayPal
payments as well as credit card payments via AlertPay system.
The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay is a Swedish website which hosts magnet links and .torrent files, which allow users to share electronic files, including multimedia, computer games and software via BitTorrent...
with the stated goal of providing internet privacy
Internet privacy
Internet privacy involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storing, repurposing, providing to third-parties, and displaying of information pertaining to oneself via the Internet. Privacy can entail both Personally Identifying Information or non-PII information such as a...
. It is a response to the introduction of IPRED in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, which will allow copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
holders and law enforcement
Law enforcement agency
In North American English, a law enforcement agency is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while others have other names In North American...
officials to request personal information about copyright infringement
Copyright infringement
Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.- "Piracy" :...
suspects.
On 12 August 2009, the beta testing invitations were sent out to those who entered their email addresses into the beta signup form. Additionally, the homepage has changed to reflect the beta. The service uses the PPTP protocol
Point-to-point tunneling protocol
The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol is a method for implementing virtual private networks. PPTP uses a control channel over TCP and a GRE tunnel operating to encapsulate PPP packets....
(supported natively in XP, Vista, Windows 7, OS X and Linux through the use of PPTP-linux) to tunnel the connection through servers (vpn.ipredator.se which resolves to multiple IP addresses) located in Sweden.
On September 14, 2009, Ipredator "The Second Batch" became available for public consumption.
On November 28, 2009, Ipredator became publicly available and exited the beta stage. This was done to counteract FRA, which started listening to internet traffic over the Swedish borders on December 1. To reflect this, The Pirate Bay changed their logo on December 1, 2009, to an image from the game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Punch-Out!!, originally known as Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, is a boxing video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed and published by Nintendo in 1987. It is a port of both the Punch-Out!! and Super Punch-Out!! arcade games with some variations. It has consistently been ranked among...
depicting FRA as the opponent Glass Joe, which is a legendary easy opponent from the game. The image linked to Ipredator.se with the message "FRA vs Ipredator - It's on!"
On Windows clients, it is recommended to disable IPv6
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...
, File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks and Client for Microsoft Networks because these features may disclose information .
As of February 2011, the service costs 149sek (about €17/US$23 on 21 Feb. 2011) for three months. The site accepts PayPal
PayPal
PayPal is an American-based global e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. Online money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to paying with traditional paper methods, such as checks and money orders....
payments as well as credit card payments via AlertPay system.