On Monday, anti-piracy coalition ACE announced the shutdown of SiamBit, an 18-year-old torrent site said to have as many as 100,000 paying members, mostly from Thailand.

 

While those details are unusual, the bigger picture is quite extraordinary.

 

Four people arrested on suspicion of running the site include the suspected ringleader, a professional racing driver in his late thirties.

 

Events show how an arrest in January triggered a domino effect leading right to his door.

 

 

You can read the full article on TorrentFreak here.

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Why would anyone want to access porn through a Torrent site? Is accessing sites behind a VPN not enough?

32 minutes ago, JackGats said:

Why would anyone want to access porn through a Torrent site? Is accessing sites behind a VPN not enough?

How do you know?

1 hour ago, scottiejohn said:

How do you know?

Question mark: punctuation mark indicating a question, used to express doubt or uncertainty about something.

11 minutes ago, JackGats said:

Question mark: punctuation mark indicating a question, used to express doubt or uncertainty about something.

I was not implying anything to do with English Grammar or punctuation!

My remark, including the party time emoji, should have clearly indicated to yourself that I was commenting on your obvious pre knowledge regarding porn sites!

I suggest you lighten up, get a life and possibly stay away from the porn sites!