I have not downloaded any of these, how are these associated with my IP address?
I Know What You Download on BitTorrent
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#12Well my ISP gives out a dynamic IP address each time my DSL modem connects to them, so this tactic only reveals who downloaded what when they were assigned my current IP. Nothing much can be inferred from this data unless you are the ISP or govt and can tie the IP to the subscriber.
And yes, it shows my IP downloaded the movie Zombieland, which I never did, so it is some other subscriber of the same ISP.
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#13I have no VPN and download stuff sporadically, stream video via torrents daily, I get nothing on this site. I guess I'm good.
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#14I can see this being used by law enforcement in countries where IP address = person that rents it.
This is a long term practice in Germany. Lawyers connect to the swarm, collect peers and then send letters in an automated way to "shake down" people.
The solution is to use VPNs or private trackers and it's pretty widely known. If you move into a flat / AirBnB one of the first things people will tell you is to not torrent on the connection.
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#15I can see this being used by law enforcement in countries where IP address = person that rents it.
> in countries where IP address = person that rents it. Does that actually exist today? At least IPv4 addresses I would expect to increasingly mean nothing, as address exhaustion drives more people behind CGNAT.
The US has very little CGNAT outside of mobile networks and small rural ISPs
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#16I have not downloaded any of these, how are these associated with my IP address?
You don't have a fixed IP.
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#17I use a VPN on my home network and do not see any records via this website. Am I missing something, or is my impression that this tool can “see through” tunneled traffic false?
You're not missing anything, this service shouldn't be able to see it if it's through a VPN. If you're connected to your VPN when you check, then it might be able to see what is going through that server, which of course might not be you (if you're using a commercial/shared VPN server).
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#18Smart thing to do is to use this as a content recommendation service! Or netflix can improve their catalog by knowing what content people are going off-service for.... Nevermind enforcement, this is a huge data source for marketing purposes... Wait a minute :(
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#19It was worth the VPN investment I guess.
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#20I had nothing for my actual home IP, but if you want to see something fire up your VPN and see what they have listed for that IP ;)
Had to try it, surprisingly zero porn?!? Actually...for a free wireguard server there wasn't a whole lot of bittorrent traffic at all.
The VPN endpoint I picked was only ~10% porn.
I too was surprised.
A lot of TV shows.