PSA: Don't torrent over TOR
PSA: Don't torrent over TOR
tor.stackexchange.com How can BitTorrent traffic be anonymized with Tor?
This blog post from a few years ago suggests that using BitTorrent services over Tor is a bad idea for multiple reasons. However, it also suggests some fixes to get over these problems. Is using a
- 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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Any plan on doing torrent over veilid?
How does veilid compare to I2P?
It seems like a mix between tor and i2p.
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