IP Hider Accesses Hulu, Other US-Only Content From Outside The US

@DavinClytias:

There's an iPhone app for that. Seriously. [ http://mashable.com/2009/07/19/cannabis/ ] If you get caught, you can use the app to find a lawyer near you that specializes in marijuana-related charges.

mrbofus

@Δεν βρέθηκαν λέξεις: From hulu.com: "Hulu is pleased to grant you a non-exclusive limited license to use the Hulu Services, including accessing and viewing the Content on a streaming-only basis through the Video Player, for personal, non-commercial purposes as set forth in these Terms." They are only giving you a license to download the content for use in accordance with their TOS. If you don't use them "as set forth in these Terms," you don't have a license. If you don't have a license, then your copying from the site would constitute copyright infringement. Get it?

keeblerelf

It worked alright, assuming you are comfortable watching videos at dial-up speed.

It is now blocked by Hulu.

badgerz

Does this work to access BBC iPlayer from US shores?

BillyMcSkintos

@DavinClytias: Why do people come in here and just post the retardest arguments? This has nothing to do with copyright infringement.

This is all great. Does anyone have an alternative for Linux computers? Thanks.

arqbrulo

@DavinClytias: Yo whatchu want?

JerryA

Such pathetic advice--


Security Risks

"When you use an open proxy server, your computer is making a direct connection to another computer. You do not know who is in control of the remote computer. If you are using proxy servers from open proxy lists, you could be trusting your email messages, passwords or other sensitive information to a person running the server. Someone can be watching the unencrypted information you are transferring over the network."

If it's so important for overseas folks, maybe LH, Inc. could set up a server farm with secure VPN access--charge a few dollars/month.

BBC is wide open where we are.

rainbowsky

@penguiniator:

like that site

shamit doesn't give a list of hashs so you know its the same source or not.

AndiC

@DavinClytias:

"where and how to get the best price on marijuana, and not get caught? "

emigrate to the Netherlands its legal over there and cheap.

AndiC

@drprince89:

Actually, I got it precisely righ. You misunderstood.

The comments asking for US only notations are from people outside the US asking LH to provide or flaming LH for not providing notification that something is US only. So, my comment was saying for those people, LH has just provided a solution so that the US only websites will work for them and they will not have to complain when they hit a jump only to find it was wasted effort. No need for the US only tag when you have your proxy set up to access US only sites.

It should have also been clear that US residents wouldn't be asking for a US only tag since LH kinda posts stuff that is accessible to the bloggers/editors of the site -- you know, in the US.

jupiterthunder

@AtomFury: "you retarded monkey" THAT'S A WIN!! Thanks for making me laugh! And I agree with what you posted too.

atomicrabbit

having trouble with the commenting system. Some of my replies have dissapeared.

Anyway, thanks everyone for the insults, you've made me see the error of my ways. Now I'll just cheat and steal and feel justified because I can. Ah, there, now my life is better.

DavinClytias

not compared to some of the replies it's generated.

DavinClytias

Rent a VPS (in US or UK depending on what you need) for $5/month put an Openvpn server on it and get all the access you need via a VPN tunnel

dcolhoun

I tried it and it doesn't work for hulu...
It slows down everything.. really bad.

@DavinClytias: Thats a mighty tall horse you're riding there.

andrwmorph

@icefyre: Fwiw, here's the VirusTotal scan:

http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/b2fd6768e78e3f96e779024d3ea7c4729e1a291956c048641065d965504d7627-1247330863

@AtomFury: So, you 'promoted' that comment for the purpose of publicly slagging the OP? And to think there's people who claim some "Stars" bring nothing to the commenting table!

Emoji

@DavinClytias:
PS: Ask your local drug dealer about the best deals for marijuana, usually buying bigger quantities helps.

You're welcome

Saeed Shah

@Tim Schwarz: The culprit is the file anonymousfriend.exe, which does the following http://www.prevx.com/filenames/443925726278148563-X1/ANONYMOUSFRIEND.EXE.html:

File Behavior

ANONYMOUSFRIEND.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

* Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
* The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
* Executes a Process

ANONYMOUSFRIEND.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

* Created as a process on disk
* Executed as a Process
* Executed by Internet Explorer
* Deleted as a process from disk

According to Norton Safe Web https://safeweb.norton.com/reviews/19656:

Anonymous Friend 2.9 (anonymousfriend.exe)
Downloader.gen trojan

I hope Adam isn't too embarrassed for showcasing and encouraging users to test out a trojan horse on their computers.

penguiniator

Anyone know if this will work with MLB.tv?

DimitroffVodka

So once Hulu finds out their static IP they'll block it. Right? Seems like you'd be better off finding a friend in the states that'd be willing to host a proxy for you.

nukee

thanks for the personal insult, that really helps substantiate your argument. Which, by the way, is wrong. Copyright is contracted on national boundaries. Has nothing to do with TOS or EULA, which pertain to the customer, not the provider. Nice strategy, hiding your ignorance behind childish insults. I bet you'll be president someday.

DavinClytias

@DavinClytias: As someone who lives outside of the USA, I can assure you that there are many reasons why non-US residents crave access to a service like this. For example, before they shut it down to Canadians, I used to use Pandora on a regular basis. Now due to 'licensing constraints' I can no longer accesses the service. BTW Pandora is (was? haven't listened for a couple of years!) an excellent example of how open sharing of material can benefit artists. I discovered many new artists via Pandora and subsequently bought their music.

Incidentally, I *listened* to music on Pandora, I did not copy it, nor did I distribute it. In terms of copyright infringement, how is that any different to listening to music on the radio?

I know that many people in the Northern US pick up CBC radio across the border, just as many Canadians in the south listen to NPR. Same goes for commercial radio on both sides of the border. Do you equate these listeners & stations with dope dealers too?

Its a proxy it works, but like a proxy its slow, lots of buffering, disconnects etc. I could just download the movie or tv show faster then it starts to work. Just saying.

(sorry for my last comment the proxy was slowing everything down and it posted it twice.)

oneillkid

Will it also work at, say, accessing BBC / ITV video from inside the US?

krom

Ya, but is it slow as hell?

@ArvelMeadowlark: PlayOn is great for accessing HULU on the PS3. No slowdowns, better navigation (sort of). It's sweet. =)

http://www.themediamall.com/playon

This site is flagged as Yellow by the Web Of Trust extension on Friefox. (a rank it got because of a Red flag on Mcaffee SiteAdvisor)
Use caution while downloading...

icefyre

@DavinClytias:
This is not copyright infringement, you prune :P You FAIL!

Joshiii-Kun

@DavinClytias: The US (where Lifehacker is hosted) Constitution protects things like this. It's information. What you do with the information is your choice.

Igor Dubinskiy

the 2nd link is incorrect (you can delete this comment after fixing): http://lifehacker.com/5310467/hulu-video-downloader-saves-your-favorit...

Works? Maybe.
Usable? Sounds like it is not.

@abhowell: or better yet a college campus, wander around long enough and you'll find what you need.

@DavinClytias: Illegal copyright infringement? If you're trying to flame on Lifehacker, at least be intelligent about it. Doing this would be a violation of their TOS or EULA, not copyright infringement, you retarded monkey.

AtomFury

@DavinClytias: tips: find a dealer you can "trust", and buy from them. Dont buy in large quantities, and dont blow kush in the cops face, and you should be good not to get caught.

They dont write an article because this is common sense.

20-25 per gram of good weed is about average, at least in my area.

@DavinClytias: I'd start with your local centre for secondary learning. They don't call it high school for nothing.

abhowell

Its a proxy its going to work, I got it to work but ran into obvious proxy problems, super slow long loading/buffering/disconnects. So yea it works but really I could just go download the movie faster. Just saying!

oneillkid

Hulu will have blocked IP Hider in T-minus: 3-2-1....

@JeepyJayhawk: This would be awesome if it worked. I can't really try it at work at the mo. It would be nice to watch 'Top Gear' in streaming mode instead of getting the torrent.

Is there a mac version of something like this?

Again LH provides an alternative to "let us know that it's US only". Of course, someone will miss this and complain. I'm US though, so I guess I don't really feel the sting.

Alternate comment:

I see what you did there.

jupiterthunder

thanks for coaching us in illegal copyright infrignement. How about some tips on where and how to get the best price on marijuana, and not get caught?

DavinClytias

AllAnonymity is a flagged as a red (bad) site by McAfee SiteAdvisor. I'm just saying.

Tim Schwarz

I wish I could get something like this for you PS3 since Hulu decided to block access to the Sony PS3 :(

ArvelMeadowlark

For what it's worth, I was able to download a documentary from Hulu using Hulu Video Downloader the other day. It just took a good five minutes for the download process to begin...

Greg.Rowler

@FreakinSyco:

The video says that it'll work to give access to content in the US, UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Holland.

amen! will be trying this when i get home!

evensteven

@JeepyJayhawk:

Thats what I want to know. What about us 'mericans who want BBC access?

Seriously region restrictions on the internet are absurd.

FreakinSyco

OK, great, what about something like it for accessing UK only online content (BBC I'm thinking of)? That would make my father happy, and I could get something towards my new phone more easily... lol

David Gilling

Will it work on the BBC from inside the US?

JeepyJayhawk

kinda handy but isnt there a couple of addons for ffox that download any flash videos?

Smiling_Gandalf

Um, yeah this still isn't working for me. I used to be able to get through with Hotspot Shield but now Hulu detects this software as well.

This sucks.

My partners in China use a VPN to get to things in the US. VPN's aren't that expensive, even for people in China, and allows them to get to content the goverment would otherwise block.

@DavinClytias: Putting aside the fact that this statement is absolutely incorrect, I would say that when I put this possibility against the amount of whining some commenters here do whenever a link that might possibly somehow somewhere link again to Hulu because the videos are US-only makes this more than worth it, thank you.

@Emoji: First of all, I didn't intentionally promote that comment. I believe the system automatically approves or promotes comments when a starred commenter replies to one that isn't starred. If you haven't noticed, there's plenty of bugs with the new commenting system (which are understandable, but hopefully will be remedied soon).

EDIT: I believe I have disastrously misinterpreted your post... Elaborate?

AtomFury

@Emoji:

AtomFury

@DavinClytias: gizmodo had that yesterday cannabis app for the iphone

KaZx

It gave me a fresh and clean install of Firefox. Installed it, didn't work (i am in Japan), closed firefox, uninstalled IP Hider, opened firefox and viola all my custom firefox settings gone. Wierd, maybe i screwed up maybe i didn't.

pattisod

I got similar results: It slowed the browser down to a crawl and Hulu spotted it as an anonymous proxy tool right away anyways.

I'm in Quebec, for reference.

Shawn

If I were outside the US, I would just use torrents or newsgroups.

Is the demand for US television really that high outside the US? There's only a few shows that are actually worth watching anyway,and if you miss these your life will still be complete.

icecreamman

@penguiniator:

If everything that created, executed, and deleted files was a virus, then you should delete everything on your computer.

Unless it's keylogging or deleting files other than the ones it created itself, its just spyware to me.

@badgerz: Damn, that was fast. Where are you accessing it from?

@icecreamman:

The "gems" always seem to start with,

"If I were...."

If you lived in another country you wouldn't say that. (unless you wanted to learn the language via T.V.) Sky Perfect is what saves me in Japan...without it I'd go nutz watching Japanese T.V. is not fun or funny or even entertaining. The crazy over the top human rights violating sexist,racist over the top homophobic shows were banned years ago.

Now it's just a smaller and mess entertaining version of American media so....I'll take the real one thanks. And yes the demand is high which is one of the reasons software like this is in demand.

@dcolhoun: Where do you find it at $5/month??

Varming

@pattisod:

I'm in Japan too. I don't wanna lose all my settings so thanks for sharing that :)

@DavinClytias: Bar on the corner. Just ask for Dave.

@penguiniator: I hope you're not too embarrassed for making an asinine statement.

mahumphrey

@icecreamman: So you're saying that not only is the US entertainment not very good, but if you can't get it, you don't really need to be entertained anyway.
You realize that is a weak and stupid argument, right?

mahumphrey

@Smiling_Gandalf: 1. That has nothing to do with accessing the video in the first place
2. Hulu doesn't buffer the entire video at once so these firefox addons you speak of are worthless there

mahumphrey

@mahumphrey: Obviously I've offended you and you want to take it out on me. By all means, get it all off your chest. I hope it makes you feel better. But I won't be responding to anything else you have to say. Have at it.

penguiniator

@penguiniator: May have been a trojan? So now you change your tune.

As I recall, your exact words were, "encouraging users to test out a trojan horse on their computers". That's a silly presumption based on lack of education which now you are backing away from.

Did I mention you were having trouble keeping up?

mahumphrey

@mahumphrey: I'm not presuming or accusing anyone of anything, just pointing out that what was being showcased here may have been a trojan. There is nothing foolish there. But you are certainly bordering on asinine and I'm thru being civil with you. Keep it up.

penguiniator

@silly and foolish presumptions/accusations are something else entirely. Try to keep up next time.

mahumphrey

@mahumphrey: No, its still not asinine. It's simply erring on the side of caution. Sorry if that concept is lost on you.

penguiniator

Trying from Canada: "you are attempting to use a proxy application please stop"

culic

@penguiniator: I'm afraid I lost you at the IE part (since it's not exclusive to that). oh, and the "same name" part... so pretty much all of it.
The asinine part is reading some norton report, taking it at face value, and then throwing out some presumptuous accusations. The person who does that is evidently unaware of the qualifications it takes to include something in an AV database. I've seen plenty of clean cracks and system altering utilities that are not viruses detect as such simply because any offending offending party paid to have them included in the detection database.

mahumphrey

@mahumphrey: There's nothing asinine in pointing out that files with the same name are being flagged as malware. ALL it does is create files, EXECUTE them, and delete them. It's that big nebulous EXECUTE that people should be wary of, and the fact that it is IE that lets it happen. Yeah, I'm an ass for making noise. Excuse me!

penguiniator

Im sorry, but the idea of using a proxy to use sites like Hulu is absurd. We all know proxy's are incredibly slow. Im on a 100mbit connection trying to even load up google.com and its taking minutes.

Streaming video is definitely not possible. I thought perhaps with a bit of luck streaming Pandora would be doable, but not even that.

unruled

As someone pointed out copyright stops at the border unless there is a treaty between the countries involved

sonicdivx

The video guide says this can work to make your IP appear as foreign as well. Anyone tried this for BBC's iplayer?

nka

I fussed with proxies, but they're a big PIA and don't work reliably.

I echo the couple suggestions to rent a VPN. My research led me to PureVPN which rents a VPN (for UK, Germany, US, Canada) for ~$5 monthly. Mac/PC.

How about some way to watch content that is for other countries? Shows only being broadcast to British viewers for BBC, or in Canada, &c?

YadonWaffles