After removing the use of torrent files (deemed to be “too traceable”) and promoting the use of magnet-links only, after changing domain name and location to their servers almost a hundred times, the web-admins of the famous search portal and bittorrent tracker “ThePirateBay” have announced the start of a series of experiments to adopt a new “dynamic” hosting system for their mainframes: making use of  the latest micro-technologies, the web site
could soon be sent in low-altitude orbit, inside flying mini-drones, controlled by GPS, scattered on international waters, and placed in strategic latitudes, all around the globe.

This way, the administrators say, all attacks seeking to interrupt operations on ThePirateBay would have to be physical, and involve shooting down the drones in question, thus realizing something to be qualified as an “act of war” .

Looking beyond the obvious provocative statements by the spokesmen of the infamous search portal (which, only months ago, declared they were ready to drop the website itself, switching its distribution to multimedia keys containing a
miniaturized version of the portal, so to allow search for illegal files without loading ThePirateBay’s main interface), we can easily spot signs of a critical situation going on: after the collapse of the giant Megaupload and the closure of multiple portals and file sharing dedicated forums, it now appears that the flow of illegal downloading is mostly shifting back to the BitTorrent network. Nothing strange then, for those managing the main web portal dedicated to illegal downloads through BitTorrent, to seek to stimulate and “reassure” their users.

The truth is that, at least for now, no file sharing method can really be defined as “safe” or bear no consequences at all.

We will see if ThePirateBay will follow or not the route explained above.