Clampdown on TV 'Dodgy Boxes'

The only issues I see with VPNs are different sites having trouble loading up when they detect a VPN. Facebook being one.

I generally use the VPN fulltime on my torrent laptop and Firestick but that would be it. I have an independent laptop for torrenting.

I have noticed lately that some of the channels on my IPTV will only load when the VPN is on but others will work fine.

..im only testing web based services at the moment, as in services that have web sites, some good, some terrible, i cant see the difference with sharing my data with these criminals and other 'services' including google and co.......

I was addressing the situation more from a newcomer not deeply involved in tech.

Although TBH even I would have difficulty separating the wheat from the chaff as I have never looked into this previously.

They'll still get them in the pub or wherever through word of mouth.

I guess that's how the largest chuck of the use base is getting them anyway, then from Facebook/online ads. Buying the devices from them too. Smallest subset searching out their own provider & setting up themselves.

What difference would a VPN make if they were throttling everyone's bandwidth?

Or are you suggesting they are throttling individual peoples connections because they are detecting streaming?

Which ISPs are doing this?

Certainly not the last 3 I have been with. Or anyone else I know of.

I don't think that I'd have his patience in reviewing the latest mobile phones or tablets. :)

Regards...jmcc

Like most technology journalists in the non-specialist media, he doesn't seem to have a technical background. He did train as a solicitor, I think, so he may understand the legislation on the dodgy box issue.

Regards...jmcc

sure weckler won’t get out of bed to review anything less than a samsung or apple… Ireland the land of two tech writers Jess and Adrian.

I'd say they were throttling traffic from the source ip, not the whole connection. There are court orders now forcing them to block all traffic from certain ips, hence the proliferation of vpns

You cant stop piracy, its like whack a mole. Film and music industry found that out a long time ago.

....or maybe jeffs actually fronting a lot of these servers!

In recent data commissioned by the BeStreamWise initiative, which aims to raise awareness of those risks, one in three people in Ireland who illegally stream say they, or someone they know, have been a victim of fraud, scams, or identity theft as a result. The poll was a sample of 1,000 nationally representative respondents by Dynata.

Since the enforcement operation began last year, FACT said more than 60 targets have been engaged with, "resulting in the vast majority of illegal services being taken down, impacting tens of thousands who would have watched the streams".

Vast majority taken down? Hahaha

How can you possibly know you were a vicitim of fraud by watching an illegal stream? Im in the print consumable industry and its the same stuff HP peddle about using cartridges without non-hp chips "the chips are reprogramable so can record your data and can contain spyware"

https://www.facebook.com/DublinLiveOnline/videos/942984697431889/?

I like Jess kelly, but you would be forgiven for thinking there are only 2 smart phone makers available in Ireland.