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Why? I don't think BitTorrent is actually a privacy threat, for the most part, it would just put undue load on the Tor network if everyone were doing it.
by x1798DE 9y ago
Why? I don't think BitTorrent is actually a privacy threat, for the most part, it would just put undue load on the Tor network if everyone were doing it.
- qrbLPHiKpiux 9y agoBecause of the protocol your real IP is likely to be leaked.
- x1798DE 9y agoInteresting - it seems that the more measured (privacy) advice should be: "don't use BitTorrent unless you know that your client implements the protocol in a privacy-protecting way". It seems that the protocol itself is not to blame, but the way it is implemented in many (most? all?) clients leaks significant identifying information. See here: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-idea https://blog.torproject.org/blog/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-go...