OP
1. This is NOT a subpoena or anything court related. This notice does not say you are being sued. It's just a "Knock it off!" letter. No big deal unless Charter specifically says they will cut off service after 3 strikes or whatever. You do not need to reply.
2. The nature of BitTorrent makes it very difficult to hide your identity. Using Tor will just make downloading painfully slow. You could pay for a VPN to hide your IP address, but at that point you're better off paying for Usenet which has full encryption (even your ISP won't know what you're downloading) and no uploading requirements.
3. PeerBlock is almost certainly useless. If somebody wants to sue people (and very few game publishers sue people relative to movie and porn studios) they can and will use an IP address not in the database. It probably can't hurt to use it, but it's not going to keep out a motivated company. Private trackers are a decent way to add security but are also below 100% safe.
tl;dr
You're not in trouble unless Charter threatens to disconnect you.
BitTorrent is not designed for anonymity.
Paying for Usenet or RapidMegaFileHotSonic is your best way to dodge any unwanted attention.
1. This is NOT a subpoena or anything court related. This notice does not say you are being sued. It's just a "Knock it off!" letter. No big deal unless Charter specifically says they will cut off service after 3 strikes or whatever. You do not need to reply.
2. The nature of BitTorrent makes it very difficult to hide your identity. Using Tor will just make downloading painfully slow. You could pay for a VPN to hide your IP address, but at that point you're better off paying for Usenet which has full encryption (even your ISP won't know what you're downloading) and no uploading requirements.
3. PeerBlock is almost certainly useless. If somebody wants to sue people (and very few game publishers sue people relative to movie and porn studios) they can and will use an IP address not in the database. It probably can't hurt to use it, but it's not going to keep out a motivated company. Private trackers are a decent way to add security but are also below 100% safe.
tl;dr
You're not in trouble unless Charter threatens to disconnect you.
BitTorrent is not designed for anonymity.
Paying for Usenet or RapidMegaFileHotSonic is your best way to dodge any unwanted attention.