throwaway123 Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 So i understand when you seed/leech a torrent, your IP is available to others who are also connected to the swarm. But I've read that its also possible to find all the files you're seeding/leeching based on your IP. Is this true? Wouldn't you need a copy of all the torrents for all the files you're seeding in order to do this? Or do you just need one torrent to join the tracker, and then see all files for that tracker youre seeding? So you'd need at least one torrent per tracker you're connected to in order to find all files being torrented.Can the torrent itself identify you? Say i have a torrent and seed. If i turn on a VPN, my IP has changed. But does the torrent uniquely identify me as the same person, regardless of the IP change? Is this different for public vs private trackers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Public sites can't really tell who you've seeded to. Private trackers log everything, so they're more likely to have incriminating information that can be used against you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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