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torrent is really a great technology. subversive and evergreen. genuinely useful and hard to kill.

• issafram 2y ago
  Only if you use a private tracker. Public ones always have seeders whose job it is to collect IP addresses. You'll still get that letter in the mail about pirating
  • andai 2y ago
    Isn't going after torrent makers more important than random downloaders? By that logic shouldn't big music / movie companies be targeting private trackers? (Surely they have enough materials to pass the interview!)
  • ogurechny 2y ago
    …if you live under a regime controlled by big media business.
    • issafram 2y ago
      Or when Comcast is your ISP...
  • ls612 2y ago
    Which is why there are so many VPN services out there. Or seedboxes if you are serious about this stuff.