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There are vast data archives exposed through private trackers that work on top of bittorrent. This isn't widely known due to their private, invite-only (and in
by armitron 6y ago
There are vast data archives exposed through private trackers that work on top of bittorrent. This isn't widely known due to their private, invite-only (and in some cases, entirely closed) nature but the fact remains that these exist and are fundamental in multiple, widely divergent communities.
- oblio 6y agoCan you give some examples? It all sounds very... mysterious. At least, what kind of content are we talking about?
- bdekoz 6y agoA public example is rutracker.org. Another is sci-hub. See Joe Karaganis for some cannonical info: http://piracy.americanassembly.org/shadow-libraries/ http://piracy.americanassembly.org/shadow-libraries/
- Avamander 6y agoThere's also The Internet Archive that provides torrents that's in the clearnet.
- Aozora7 6y agoMusic, movies, tv, video games, books. Some trackers specialize in one type of content, some have everything. Finding URLs of private trackers is trivial in google. Getting an invite usually requires knowing another user, unless they temporarily open signups for everyone. Here's one of many lists of private trackers https://hdvinnie.github.io/Private-Trackers-Spreadsheet/ https://hdvinnie.github.io/Private-Trackers-Spreadsheet/