Bittorrent and Privacy

[Gish]

using Private sites-
more safe than public maybe? but not by much.

My friend has only used private sites since he started using bittorrent. He also used peer guardian. A few weeks ago he got a letter from his ISP, which happens to be Charter, which had a list of everything he downloaded over the course of about three months. In this letter they had the exact dates of each download and his IP address. I guess private sites really arent that much safer than public ones

Wow thats the first I have heard... do you know what private sites he was using?

Thanks

[Pluto]

Most likely torrentleech. Their member are beginning to recieve DMCA letters now.


http://www.torrentleech.org/forums/s...ight=spiderman

http://www.torrentleech.org/forums/s...ad.php?t=28614

[Gish]

Wow, that sucks.. I love TL

[Night0wl]

What do you expect from a site that is obviously just in it for the money. I was actually discussing this earlier today with some friends, that TL was for sure gonna be hit soon.

My only advise is go more private.

[LackOfInterest]

Most likely torrentleech. Their member are beginning to recieve DMCA letters now.

Right on the money with that comment. Indeed it was torrentleech that he was using.

[Gish]

any body else receive a letter from there ISP for downloading off of a private site?

[fstrulz]

I've been using ipfilter.dat with uTorrent... So far, no letters from my ISP.

Any of you mates use it also?

[slimdogp]

Yep, I use a custom made ipfilter.dat made by some guys on a site which will be remained nameless. Although its not a 'super' private site.

Does it really make a difference?? Who knows..

All I DO know, is that using outbound encryption, and ipfilter.dat helps me sleep a *little* better at night.

[LackOfInterest]

I've been using ipfilter.dat with uTorrent... So far, no letters from my ISP.

Any of you mates use it also?

My friend was using peer guardian, i don't know if ipfilter.dat is any different.

[Gish]

I've been using ipfilter.dat with uTorrent... So far, no letters from my ISP.

Any of you mates use it also?

My friend was using peer guardian, i don't know if ipfilter.dat is any different.

Depending on where you get your lists from depends how different they are!