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I don't understand what the point of password and pgp protecting the data is. Typically with torrents, if they're password protected they get shunned. Most tor

I don't understand what the point of password and pgp protecting the data is. Typically with torrents, if they're password protected they get shunned. Most torrent downloading software is even programmed to ignore .zip files because of the frequency of password-protected zips. I understand why these show up for illegal media, but for something like a leak it doesn't make sense to me. Is there an angle I'm missing? I mean, they said they were releasing it to get it into people's hands, it's not like they pulled a wikileaks and used it as their insurance policy.

SchizoDuckie 12y ago
I'm just guessing here, but I think that they protected their website contents themselves, not the uploader of the torrent. This would be the sane thing to do : Even if the site gets hacked (...) your binaries still don't leak. Pay the fee, get the PGP key.
pgeorgi 12y ago
In a couple of weeks, you won't be able to download the unencrypted data anymore without a malware scanner kicking in. By encrypting, it's out of reach of any automation.