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> with torrents you have to do the initial seed from some public IP. Seeding over Tor should work though. So although it's technically a public IP, it's also
by justinclift 3y ago
> with torrents you have to do the initial seed from some public IP.
Seeding over Tor should work though. So although it's technically a public IP, it's also just a cut-out (from the uploaders perspective).
- tux3 3y agoBittorrent over Tor is generally discouraged. It's _very_ easy to accidentally de-anonimize yourself, and while the Tor network benefits from people casually browsing the Web to provide anonimity for others, large amounts of Bittorrent traffic would strain the network. Especially with a >400 TiB and quickly growing collection https://blog.torproject.org/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-idea/ https://blog.torproject.org/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-id...
- justinclift 3y ago> Bittorrent over Tor is generally discouraged. Of course, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't technically work for the situations that don't have (safe) alternatives. > It's _very_ easy to accidentally de-anonimize yourself ... Using Tails would pretty much solve that yeah?