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Because uploading it to a free file hosting service can easily be done via a compromised machine and/or tor (don't know how well uploading large files over tor
by tjoff 14y ago
Because uploading it to a free file hosting service can easily be done via a compromised machine and/or tor (don't know how well uploading large files over tor works though) - maybe even a library/public computer, making it quite hard to trace (though when using a public computer you need to take other precautions, like avoiding surveillance cameras). Also since nothing is made public instantly you have time to erase any traces.
With bittorrent you need at least one seeder that is available long enough to feed the swarm (in decent time), during that time a lot of things can go wrong (if anything goes wrong when uploading to a free hosting service you just start over, nothing lost).
- dfc 14y agoAnd when the hosting service receives the inevitable take down notice from CoS? CoS lawyers brought down anon.penet.fi I am sure they can convince depositfiles that they do not want to go to court.
- tjoff 14y agoBy that time everyone that wants it has it ;)
- lordlicorice 14y agoThere's nothing stopping people from uploading the files to bittorrent. It's only the hackers' anonymity that matters.
- stock_toaster 14y ago> With bittorrent you need at least one seeder that is available long enough to feed the swarm (in decent time), during that time a lot of things can go wrong (if anything goes wrong when uploading to a free hosting service you just start over, nothing lost). Don't most clients support web seeding[1] these days? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)#Web_seeding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)#Web_seed...
- tjoff 14y agoWell, would that be easier to do than just seed it yourself? (with the added risks mentioned above) I'm guessing that few hosting companies make that easy to do, since you often have to go through some form of queue to even get the ticket needed to download it.
- deno 14y agoThat’s actually pretty good way to bootstrap torrent anonymously. The issue is just keeping webseeds alive long enough, which can be tricky if the upload is fairly big.