debruna Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTHK Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 It's to prevent throttling, it's not privacy protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GTHK Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Some have taken to VPN services and proxy's, that means your information ends up with those who provide such services, so if the servers are stolen.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 BitTorrent is a point-to-point file-sharing protocol, to work both points (which are seeds and peers) has to know the ips of each other. The TRACKER also stores basically EVERYONE'S ip and hands up to 50 ips out at a time to anyone who comes along. Companies dedicated to monitoring our internet use run BitTorrent-like programs that act like regular peers and seeds...and they harvest that list of ips -- then email your ISP if your ip is spotted.There is no effective means of hiding your ip. A secure proxy server would sort-of work, but then you've probably registered your name and location with them...so when THEY get a Cease-and-Desist letter from one of the BitTorrent monitoring companies, they have practically all your private info to mail back to them...if required to by law! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thelittlefire Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 You are at risk all the time. These companies provide information for DEAD people and prosecute their living relatives. </insanity> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 They also provide information for networked printers that are not even physically capable of the offending act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 More info about the monitoring companies levels of insanity:http://dmca.cs.washington.edu/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Switeck Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 The BitTorrent monitoring companies may be able to get ips of now-gone peers+seeds from other peers+seeds still running the torrent. So even if you're connected only briefly to the torrent...your ip may still be recorded by the BitTorrent monitoring companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Switeck Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 On a torrent they are monitoring, extremely likely.There might be 10000+ peers and seeds on that torrent and it still wouldn't offer you safety-in-numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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