/v/ - Video Games

>>15231635

Unless you pirated Jewtendo Software.

If the copyright holders wanted to make an example of you then yes.

Long answer: why the goddamned fuck are you not encrypting your fucking hard drive.

>>15231649

I'm a noob how should I do this

Learn to use VeraCrypt

Nigger you don't have a fraction of the illegal porn I do so shut up and buy some magnets.

>>15231635

Only if they really really really want you to go to jail. Contrary to popular belief, cops would rather not waste filing the paper work needed to get the whole ball rolling on such a case. That's why a lot of arrests made for IP infringement are instigated by either lobby groups or the companies themselves. So unless you're already being targeted for one, you're pretty much safe.

>>15231656

shake it vigorously while zipping the files you want encrypted, those files will no longer be usable to anyone who doesn't have your login credentials

>>15231656

delete system32

that's how they track you

Typically police don't know what the fuck they're doing with computers unless you're a suspect of something. Otherwise they are just going to take it as "evidence", format it, and sell it.

>>15231676

> and sell it

God bless the LEA. We wouldn't have half the cheese we do if it weren't for them.

>>15231676

lol

I thought it was distribution that was illegal, not possession? I mean if you see someone giving away DVDs on the street and ask for one, then the cops bust him for making bootleg DVDs, are they going to arrest you too? Seems like it's not your job to know whether the guy validly owns the thing he's giving away.

>>15231635

It is the responsibility of the prosecution to prove that each piece of pirated media is, in fact, illegal. Not only must they prove where and how you got it, they must also prove that you do not have license to a legal copy on various distribution services, regardless of whether the service clients are on your computer at the time.

Which means they must prove that under no circumstances have you ever had license to download it, and they cannot burden you to provide proof that you have.

The EULA itself is not legally binding (not possible to agree to it prior to point of purchase, not possible to verify who agreed to it, not possible to agree to if it's a pre-set up gift, etc.) so there's nothing in there that can fuck you.

At worst they can get you on unlawful redistribution if they can prove you seeded, but even then you have a loophole if the title was unavailable for sale in the form of release you have a copy of for at least 4 years (to wit: NES and SNES games are free to download despite the eShop because they were not available for a good 25+ years)

And CP. You don't have CP saved anywhere they can find it, right?

>>15231688

>nothing to hide nothing to fear

Fuck you in the neck.

>>15231694

>It is the responsibility of the prosecution to prove that each piece of pirated media is, in fact, illegal.

It's also the responsibility of the prosecution to intimidate you into making a plea deal, by threatening you with severe consequences and crippling lawyer debt should you manage to even win a civil or criminal trial. You really think OP's the sort of faggot who won't knuckle under?

>>15231695

i don't know where the fuck you live but as far as i know unless police have your explicit permission to come into the house they need a warrant, and that would require them to have probable cause. his question is valid

>>15231694

I will be living in a house with roommates so Im not concerned about me doing anything retarded to be put under suspicion, because I use a vpn.

What if my retard roommates do something stupid and the whole house is raided because of them?

I have never had, nor ever will have CP on my pc. The only time it was on here was on the form of data saved by chrome because some faggot spammed a thread with cp and upon clicking on the thread chrome insta saves the thumbnail images, which i promptly deleted with ccleaner.

>>15231708

>that would require them to have probable cause

>probable cause

>an anonymous tip that told us you had child pornography or other illegal ones and zeroes

>probable cause

Fuck you in the neck, too.

Depends on the country, in the US they can't arrest you they can only sue you

OP here again

What if they found my perfectly legal sets of child modelling photos?

>>15231724

You were fishing for information, fuckbait.

>>15231710

The only way a search warrant would allow the police to investigate or confiscate your PC is if the warrant is for a potentially computer-related matter.

If it's something like drug possession they should have no grounds to investigate the PC beyond the physical contents of the case which they can do on the spot. If it's over drug dealing, on the other hand, they might confiscate the PC to check for financial records.

As for the subject of encrypting your PC, the courts currently view a refusal to provide the password as an admission of guilt and will hit you with obstruction. If they do so, hit them with the ACLU and the 5th amendment.

You are not responsible for providing them with anything to use against you, and it's not destroying or hiding evidence until such a time as it is filed as evidence.

>The only time it was on here was on the form of data saved by chrome

Currently the US justice system recognizes that you are not responsible for the contents of your internet cache directories. The police might use it for parallel construction but it can't be used against you in court. You're gold

>>15231729

>If they do so, shoot them in the face.

Fix'd. The only reason they're bold enough to do this shit is because their targets are not willing to fight back. FIGHT. I will. You won't believe me when I say it, but I will.

>>15231729

Ok so I have legit anxiety issues and this is just one of many things i tend to freak out about. Heres the thing: The only stuff I have on here are thousands of songs, sony vegas, the adobe suite, some other minor software, movies, and games. Nothing on here is bad or anything like that. I legit only have normal stuff on here that im sure everyone else on /v/ has. I dont even have cp!

Do you think cops would even bother with arresting me for finding movies and games on my pc? Its not like im running a torrenting king like tbp or anything like that. I feel like the only people with a real interest in fucking with me would be the copyright holders themselves.

Im just woried that I'll be traveling with my pc and for some reason the cops will steal it and start looking at whats on it. The cops wont have probably cause or reasonable suspicion but that wont stop them from taking my pc anyway.

I'm currently downloading veracrypt as i type this.

>>15231738

>thousands of songs

this might throw up flags. In the early days of mp3s 2 guys got arrested and prosecuted over 10,000+ mp3s on their computer over assertions that they could only have that many if they intended to start an mp3 distribution website. Never minding the potential for diverse taste

>>15231738

the absolute worst case is one of the IP owners sues you and then only for the value of the property(s) you torrented from the individual company that sues you. unless you start hosting the next megaupload no party van for you.

>>15231773

big talker hiding behind TOR

>>15231635

No, but encrypt your hard drive and if you get FUCKO'd then turn your computer off and don't talk to the cops unless your lawyer tells you to. There are some shithole countries where you are required to give the police decryption keys though, but it's only an issue in the US if they already know there is something illegal on the drive. This is why you don't want to talk to them too, since they could interpret you explaining why you encrypted it as you admitting that there is something illegal on there.

Also, they won't care about this stuff in a vacuum but the real problem is if they suspect you of something bigger that they can't prove then they'll find any other crime you've committed in order to at least get you in jail, like how they take out crime bosses by arresting them for tax fraud.

>>15231662

reported

>>15231798

There was one example of a man who had to give up an encryption key because there was an eyewitness who visited his house and saw CP on his computer, and another when someone was stopped by airport security with the phone unlocked and they found something illegal but it automatically locked after a bit so they had to give the passcode to unlock it.

>>15231819

If by "intimidated" you mean "given a court order to unlock it" then yes, as that is a pretty strong form of intimidation.

If they're willing to extralegally intimidate you into giving up the key then they may as well simply plant CP on you and the only way to avoid that is to not be suspected in the first place. Any clever cryptographic measures you take to prepare for something like this like digitally signing all your files is going to have to be explained to a jury of tech illiterate idiots and is therefore useless.

>>15231830

/tech/ had has? a thread on this recently where they also brought up that a useful form of protection from this strongarm bullshit is to simply be reputable enough that the police will be heavily scrutinized when going up against you. If you're some nobody vampire that noone knows in person then those who glow in the dark could simply make you disappear with no consequences, but if you do shit like participate in charity groups or sit on a school board they have a lot more to worry about.

>>15231649

In quite a few countries not giving them the password to decrypt it is also a crime.

>if the mods had a warrant to search my posts and found how much I post about video games, I'd be banned

>>15231649

Decryption is trivial if you beat somebody in the head with a wrench enough times.

>>15235015

which is why you make a key you can't memorize / can destroy in the event of capture.

this way you know your anime tiddies are safe as you are beaten to death with the wrench.