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post #31

Anyone have any idea how they collect the data (what IP is dowloading what torrent)?

An integral part of the torrenting process is getting a list of IP addresses from the tracker so you can connect to each IP and start downloading the data. You can log those IP addresses to a database instead of downloading that data.

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#72
post #44

usenet & ssl + nzbmatrix = no more problems.

Your Usenet provider certainly knows what you're downloading. The reason you don't care is because someone sued some Usenet provider in the early 90s, and Usenet providers were deemed "common carriers", not liable for the content they carry. Since downloading copyrighted content is apparently not illegal, it all works out.

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#73
I knew this was a ruse when I read the bio's at the bottom of the page. I had a good laugh at this one:

"Suren Ter (me) I’m a producer of the site. Like a movie producer, I made the site."

Then several sentences later:

"Me? I don’t do code, I don’t do research, I don’t do design — I do sites. Drop me a message if you’d like."

Re: I Know What You Downloaded on BitTorrent…

#74

Interesting removal terms. They pretty much force you to admit that you downloaded, whatever they say you downloaded in order to have your data removed. Immediately after having confirmed your real identity via Facebook, of course. They could sell this information to MPAA and RIAA for gold. The Details: By submitting a request to have your download activity removed from our database, you are acknowledging that the ac…

Sounds like it's time to send them a DMCA notice.

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#76
In India, most ISP's don't provide you with a static IP address. So the addresses are shared/recycled. When I opened the website I got a list of torrents that I have not downloaded.

Basically every couple of days this list for me will change and won't be accurate. I'm sure many other ISP's do the same. So this list of downloads isn't entirely accurate.

Re: I Know What You Downloaded on BitTorrent…

#78
Looks fake to me:

http://www.youhavedownloaded.com/?q=0.0.0.0

http://www.youhavedownloaded.com/?q=255.255.255.255

http://www.youhavedownloaded.com/?q=192.168.1.1

http://www.youhavedownloaded.com/?q=192.168.2.1

http://www.youhavedownloaded.com/?q=192.168.5.1

[...]

Has this correctly identified anyone's downloading?

Re: I Know What You Downloaded on BitTorrent…

#79
post #44

usenet & ssl + nzbmatrix = no more problems.

Your Usenet provider certainly knows what you're downloading. The reason you don't care is because someone sued some Usenet provider in the early 90s, and Usenet providers were deemed "common carriers", not liable for the content they carry. Since downloading copyrighted content is apparently not illegal, it all works out.

Also nice because SSL doesn't tend to get preempted by traffic shaping so you usually get close to the max download rate the ISP says you're paying for.

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#80
post #2

This service is BS. I just went there and it gave me a random torrent, "Jennifer Lopez Papi" (or something like that). I wouldn't get anything of JLo's, even if they gave it to me free.

It said something wrong for me too. Something about "Magneto", presumably a comic book or something. I know who lives on my street, and I doubt any of them are the hack-the-neighbor's-router types. It also didn't mention things I have pirated off of public trackers, so, meh.

Someone can just park in your street and steal your internet. Just saying!
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