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Do you prefer private or public trackers? (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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As I get more and more invites to private trackers, I'm finding that I find myself spending more and more time on public tracker websites.

I'll only use private trackers if I can't find what I'm looking for on a public tracker. Private tracker rules can get pretty onerous and I prefer to just avoid the whole scene if possible.

If I'm honest, this opinion surprises me. I didn't expect to prefer public trackers. I always thought that private trackers were so cool and exclusive. I don't think that way anymore.

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[-] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

private all the way, only public Torrent that I seed is the Arch ISO.

imo it offers better security, anonimity, and possibly acts as a dummy filter, as uploads get checked. I also like my rank that I get when I'm actively seeding a bunch c:

[-] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Not sure how it provides better anonymity when all your activity is linked to your account. Should this account somehow be linked to you, a malicious actor would know everything you (potentially ever) downloaded.

[-] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

You are right, I was thinking about randos. When I pub torrent an agent can just log all the IPs and I'm fked, when it's private it should be free of these people. I get that it probably isn't but, nothing is perfect.