How does a private torrent tracker associate the downloader with my account?
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How does a private torrent tracker associate the downloader with my account?
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Hi, I was wondering how they do this and if there is a way to “cheat” the amount of data you are downloading or seeding.

raesin
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11•1Y

Yes! Private sites’ .torrent and magnet links know who you are so they can track your ratio.

@orsetto@beehaw.org
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6•1Y

Alright, for a moment I thought you meant the actual files I download

That wouldn’t make sense tho

raesin
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6•1Y

My fault. Sorry for the panic!

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