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Deleted original comment, and btw - all the comments attached to this just underline the fact that the piratebay is not exactly user friendly AND ALSO BTW - A V

Deleted original comment, and btw - all the comments attached to this just underline the fact that the piratebay is not exactly user friendly AND ALSO BTW - A VPN doesn't in any way guarantee that your IP address can't leak out in a number of ways.

velcrovan 7y ago
The torrent being "trusted" has absolutely nothing to do with whether your ISP is spying on your traffic. Paying for and enabling a VPN service is step 0 of torrent client use because it eliminates this issue.
vonseel 7y ago
The ISP sent a notice in an email or what? I’ve never heard of this happening.
- palunon 7y ago
  The ISP probably received an abuse complaint by an MPAA enforcement agency for some IP, and basically transferred it to their customer. Some big ISPs probably get enough of these to have automated the process, hence the difference of minutes.
- asdff 7y ago
  I've gotten a few warning popups from my ISP along with threatening letters in the mail. I didn't react at all and nothing happened.
Causality1 7y ago
PirateBay is probably the most common place to find torrents watched by rightsholders. Doing illegal things in general is dumb, but if you're going to pirate, go do it over the free wi-fi at McDonald's or Walmart.
wlesieutre 7y ago
“Trusted” is referring more to where the files came from. Is it a real account associated with some movie ripping group? Or is it someone pretending to be them and distributing malware? BitTorrent is peer-to-peer. Anyone can join a swarm and see the IP addresses of other computers they’re communicating with. Knowing the files came from a trusted a trusted uploader won’t hide your identity from that. Like many others here, Steam/Netflix/Spotify have largely stopped me from torrenting anything. But we continue to slide toward needing a separate streaming service for every single TV series, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see the piracy pendulum swing back the other way.
mirimir 7y ago
Well of course! You can't download "pirated" torrents except through a VPN. I mean, there are prominent warnings on TPB.
thrower123 7y ago
It's been a few years since I bothered torrenting much, but if you don't change the defaults on your torrent client, even then you'd get flagged pretty quickly. Biggest thing used to be not throttling upload speed; almost all consumers are going to be downloading wildly more than they upload, and even heavy users of upload bandwidth are going to primarily be shooting it to well-known destinations. If you start uploading at 100MB/s to random IPs, that looks suspicious.
Asooka 7y ago
Yeah, you don't torrent hollywood shit, that's well known. For that you either pay the troll toll or take the high road. I've personally chosen to just not watch hollywood movies and my life is a lot better off for it.
- asdff 7y ago
  It's funny, that's almost all I torrent.
- EpicEng 7y ago
  >Yeah, you don't torrent hollywood shit, that's well known. Yet that's the content which is always in the top downloads section. Well, that and porn. Lots of porn.
BlueTemplar 7y ago
From time to time I directly share very popular movies, just to see if I get that warning letter... Still nothing so far.
- brainpool 7y ago
  From time to time I drive drunk, just to see if get that DUI... Still nothing so far.
  - darkpuma 7y ago
    I pray you realize the real downside of drunk driving is the risk of killing other people, not the risk of a DUI conviction.
mwilliaams 7y ago
VPN = freedom

velcrovan 7y ago

The torrent being "trusted" has absolutely nothing to do with whether your ISP is spying on your traffic. Paying for and enabling a VPN service is step 0 of torrent client use because it eliminates this issue.

vonseel 7y ago

The ISP sent a notice in an email or what? I’ve never heard of this happening.

palunon 7y ago
The ISP probably received an abuse complaint by an MPAA enforcement agency for some IP, and basically transferred it to their customer. Some big ISPs probably get enough of these to have automated the process, hence the difference of minutes.
asdff 7y ago
I've gotten a few warning popups from my ISP along with threatening letters in the mail. I didn't react at all and nothing happened.

Causality1 7y ago

PirateBay is probably the most common place to find torrents watched by rightsholders. Doing illegal things in general is dumb, but if you're going to pirate, go do it over the free wi-fi at McDonald's or Walmart.

wlesieutre 7y ago

“Trusted” is referring more to where the files came from. Is it a real account associated with some movie ripping group? Or is it someone pretending to be them and distributing malware? BitTorrent is peer-to-peer. Anyone can join a swarm and see the IP addresses of other computers they’re communicating with. Knowing the files came from a trusted a trusted uploader won’t hide your identity from that. Like many others here, Steam/Netflix/Spotify have largely stopped me from torrenting anything. But we continue to slide toward needing a separate streaming service for every single TV series, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see the piracy pendulum swing back the other way.

mirimir 7y ago

Well of course! You can't download "pirated" torrents except through a VPN. I mean, there are prominent warnings on TPB.

thrower123 7y ago

It's been a few years since I bothered torrenting much, but if you don't change the defaults on your torrent client, even then you'd get flagged pretty quickly. Biggest thing used to be not throttling upload speed; almost all consumers are going to be downloading wildly more than they upload, and even heavy users of upload bandwidth are going to primarily be shooting it to well-known destinations. If you start uploading at 100MB/s to random IPs, that looks suspicious.

Asooka 7y ago

Yeah, you don't torrent hollywood shit, that's well known. For that you either pay the troll toll or take the high road. I've personally chosen to just not watch hollywood movies and my life is a lot better off for it.

asdff 7y ago
It's funny, that's almost all I torrent.
EpicEng 7y ago
>Yeah, you don't torrent hollywood shit, that's well known. Yet that's the content which is always in the top downloads section. Well, that and porn. Lots of porn.

BlueTemplar 7y ago

From time to time I directly share very popular movies, just to see if I get that warning letter... Still nothing so far.

brainpool 7y ago
From time to time I drive drunk, just to see if get that DUI... Still nothing so far.
- darkpuma 7y ago
  I pray you realize the real downside of drunk driving is the risk of killing other people, not the risk of a DUI conviction.

mwilliaams 7y ago

VPN = freedom