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submitted 9 months ago by LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Hello all,

I'm a huge amateur when it comes to this stuff (I had a guy hold my hand on the phone and walk me through this) but I use Newsgroupdirect and buy blocks when they go on sale.

Is there a better group to do this from (or cheaper). I'm happy here but I saw an article that had some different places listed and it got me thinking.

Which group do you use?

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[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/en/peer/ – Plug your IP into that. Private tracker torrents are still visible to the public.

What you're saying isn't correct, at least for properly configured private trackers and clients.

I did try that website and that's the thing, the only torrents that show up are public ones. Torrents from private trackers like iptorrents are not showing on that list as expected. They don't show, because they can't access them, just read their about page and you'll understand why:

Our system collects torrent files in two ways: parsing torrent sites and listening DHT network

Any private tracker worth your time has DHT/PEX disabled for their torrents because if they didn't then the torrents were essentially public.

[-] thantik@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

What you're saying isn't correct, at least for properly configured private trackers and clients.

That's exactly what I said it's for "to check and make sure your configuration is correct". (here: https://old.lemmy.world/comment/7654711) I used it in the past and found out my split tunnel was leaking info on the DHT. It can help others make sure they aren't leaking data too.

[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

That’s exactly what I said it’s for “to check and make sure your configuration is correct”.

What you said was: "Private tracker torrents are still visible to the public" and this isn't true.

[-] thantik@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I provided the link - if you want to be disingenuous that is your prerogative.

Private tracker torrents are still visible to the public. Just because it's not on THAT particular website, doesn't mean that someone isn't on that private tracker leaking all the data. Bittorrent is not a private protocol.