Minifly Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Hello,I am using an anonymous VPN connection (Relakks), so I'd like to know how I can delete my old unique user ID, I used with my regular internet connection, to stay truly anonymous.Is there a way to do this with the GUI or do I have to delete some files manually? I'd also like to know if there are other serial-numbers or IDs (like the clients DHT ID) I should take care of.Thank you,Minifly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Um, that has nothing to do with us? ut doesn't have any unique ids anyway, it's all randomly generated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifly Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Yes, of course IDs in p2p applications are randomly generated during the installation process.The problem is that you keep those IDs as long as you use the program (unless you delete them somehow, so a new client ID number will be generated)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 I'm not sure when your clientid is stored / created but there is a button "clear private data" in the uT Preferences under Ctrl-P -> Other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Alderaan Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 There is no personalized client ID. If there was private trackers didn't have to invent passkeys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 ... it may not be a permanent unique client id (like the OPs account for his vpn), but it IS unique at least according to the runtime code (wherever that is). It's stored in the settings.dat as a binary 24 byte key. Why else would there be a checkbox for "allow random id to be sent for updates" right next to "clear private data" otherwise?Edit: non sequitur, what in the blazes... you're thinking psycho lemming trackers would actually "believe" or even care about some clientid a CLIENT sends?? Some of them still think uT is run by Bush/etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 the ids sent to trackers are generated on each run of ut. they are not stored.the random id used for updates is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifly Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Thank you.Does this also apply to your DHT ID, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 That one, I'm actually not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifly Posted January 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 So, I should better disable "Enable DHT Network" and "Enable DHT for new torrents"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 IIRC, DHT ids get cycled with regular peer ids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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