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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello all,

I'm a huge amateur when it comes to this stuff (I had a guy hold my hand on the phone and walk me through this) but I use Newsgroupdirect and buy blocks when they go on sale.

Is there a better group to do this from (or cheaper). I'm happy here but I saw an article that had some different places listed and it got me thinking.

Which group do you use?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I didn't put anything in. But I went there (on mobile). Any real risk?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's a site that simply catalogues every IP address seen on the DHT. If you're torrenting, and you're leaking that data publicly, this site simply compares it.

https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=iknowwhatyoudownload.com

The site is registered through godaddy, and claims of it being a Russian site is simply meant as a scare tactic. Any website you connect to without a VPN immediately knows your IP address anyways - it's not some sacred thing you have to protect against people knowing.

Hell, if you're concerned with it - plug your VPNs IP into it; you'll see the torrents that others on the VPN are seeding from the IP address you're using.

If you're using it on mobile, it's not likely that anyone is torrenting on mobile, so unless someone is really doing dumb shit - it's not likely it'll list anything. It's a useful tool to have under your belt to see if your bittorrent client is leaking data.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Thank you taking the time to respond with such a detailed response. I wasn't too worried about it as I don't do my shady stuff on mobile but figured it was worth the ask.

Other than a couple of bad faith actors here and there, I've found this community to be super tolerant and helpful - thanks!