Early this week, Nyaa became unavailable to the internet and is said to be under a DDOS (denial-of-service) attack from the Japanese Gov't. Other anime distribution sites have also become unavailable and I'm betting half of the world is panicking. Rumours said they're also tracking down IPs who regularly used Nyaa. Anyone who knows other information regarding these attacks, please share!

"anime distribution sites have also become unavailable and I'm betting half of the world is panicking"
10/10.

They actually started a ban already. Nyaa was one of my fave download sites ;_;
I wonder why they just started now though, stuff like these has been around for long.

>>3 maybe it's because they're making less money than they should be oooooooooo:

>>4 But they're not. They can't sub all anime at the same time that they come out which isolates their western viewers. Fansubbing groups do it faster and the fact that they release the eps for free means the anime gets greater exposure. Also anime sets are super expensive and not a lot of people are willing to pay that AND shipping. Letting people release the eps for free widens their fanbase (aka cashcow) and they would make more money selling related merchandise.

BTW to OP try looking for torrents instead. I think it's harder for any government to take down torrents.

>>6 No.

They can criminally charge you for torrenting (seeding), and it's so much easier to eavesdrop on torrents than on streams. They need to get your information from the streaming site to do anything, but anyone can see you when you torrent.

>>7 No.

Could you explain, how that works? I've always been told that torrent is the safest way as it's decentralized, but since I'm not that experienced with networks and protocols yet I don't get how the backtracking of users is done on large scale for something like this. Could be interesting to know what to expect.

>>10 I don't know how they do it on a large scale. I don't know if anyone does, they're pretty secretive about how they do their work. However, if I download any torrent on the face of the earth, I can see anyone's IP address that is connected to me. Their IP is wide open and I can use that to track them.

Torrenting is not safer because you can't be criminally charged for downloading illegal content, only distribution as of this moment. All they have to do is connect to a peer, and they know their IP. Centralized means they have to procure the information from the website itself, which may or may not be easier depending on the site.

>>11

Yea, I guess, but decentralized is safer in the sense of... well let's take what you just wrote. It's true that anyone can see your IP if you're seeding/leeching/peering whatever the same torrent, but it's also true that to track down people on a large scale, you would need a pretty massive server. Or else you're just randomly aiming at someone. I thought they have some kind of way to maybe use/hack the tracker to scan large scale, that's why I asked, but I don't know if that's even technically correct or possible.
On the other hand I've heard that they're pretty strict about it in Germany. The police knocks on the door right away, if you're downloading regularly. I don't get how they do that.

The Japanese government lmao ok

>>11

Correct me if I'm naive, but can't you just hide your IP address with a proxy server and that way if the gov't tries to track you they'll only find the proxy's address?

>>14 Yep, that easy.
All you need is a web proxy and you will be well on your way to being the best hacker that ever was.

>>14 The proxy will give you up at the drop of a hat if you are doing anything illegal, unless you are paying a substantial amount of money for it.

Also, sometimes Bittorrent ignores proxy settings.

If you really want even close to partial anonymity, you're gonna have to use something stronger than a basic proxy anyway.And bittorrent has its own issues with keeping itself connected, as Rolly said.

>>17 I have set up a machine at my old school to allow remote access to me, when I need to be anonymous.

:-)