[HIB]French ISP waves red rag at hackers

When ISP Orange tried to make money out of blocking file-sharing, it was only a matter of time before the hackers started digging about on the company's servers. Spurred by France's controversial 'three strikes' Hadopi legislation, Orange decided it would be a great idea to charge subscribers a €2 a month additional fee to block P2P file sharing on customer connections. Orange said its new service would allow users to "control the activity of computers connected to your Internet line, from downloading 'illegally' using peer-to-peer networks". The Windows-only software, which is supposed to run in the background, was aimed at parents wanting to make sure les enfants were doing their homework and not illegally downloading the Vannessa Paradis singles, or whatever French teens are into nowadays.

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