> Yes, I know which “major computer manufacturer” it is, and no, I’m not telling. This is consistent with longstanding blog policy that companies are not identified in stories, because the point of the story to teach something, not to call out companies for derision.
That's kind of a pathetic excuse, because it means that the "something" the story teaches is highly limited and there's nothing concrete for the reader to use as the basis for a deeper investigation.
And outside of the US? In Germany there's an "efficient" business of law companies acting on behalf of the copyright holders, subpoenaing the ISP to get the owner of the IP/connection and sending them a cease-and-desist with a hefty fee.
There's the next part, law companies specializing in "Here's the letter you have to send to say you agree to pay them without admitting guilt, that'll be € please!".
I think the demand is usually around 1000 Euro, so it's way cheaper to just pay for a VPN service, configure qBittorrent to only use your VPN interface, and torrent whatever the hell you want.
> Please don't complain about website formatting, back-button breakage, and similar annoyances. They're too common to be interesting. Exception: when the author is present. Then friendly feedback might be helpful.
From the follow-up post: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220920-00/?p=10...