It doesn't make you anonymous. Torrent protocol wasn't designed with anonymity in mind and there are a million ways you're going to leak your actual IP address.
Tor is a TCP only network.
While this doesn't give you the anonymity you wanted, it will hurt the network for other users.

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[–] Lurkerino@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago (16 children)

I torrent without any protection or vpn, its legal here

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 16 points 2 years ago (8 children)

That's great for you and the community, as you aren't torrenting over TOR 👍

[–] Lurkerino@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Does TOR have some utility for the average tech people? Just curious I havent used it.

[–] online@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[–] Lurkerino@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn, I feel like an idiot for not googling it now xD

[–] online@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

That's an old site though. So, you can find more information with another search.

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