site that publishes data on what users have downloaded...

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:47 am

Anyone else read the article from torrentfreak posted on Isohunt facebook site?
https://www.facebook.com/isoHunt
http://torrentfreak.com/i-know-what-you-downloaded-on-bittorrent-111210/

Interesting stuff. I went on outta curiosity to see if my ip address was published but got
"Hi. We have no records on you."
Good to know Very Happy

If they do have records for your ip address and what you downloaded, you can have your ip 'de-listed'.

Quote:

Most people know that BitTorrent is far from anonymous, but seeing all your recent downloads listed on a public website is still quite a revelation. This is exactly what Youhavedownloaded.com does. The developers of the site want to make people aware of the public nature of BitTorrent, and are currently working on a more anonymous version of the leading file-sharing technology.

The stats that site has thus far collected:

Quote:

Estimated statistics

Users in database: 51,925,000
Torrents: 107,400
Files: 1,868,000
Files size: (101.19 TB)

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:08 am

Ya saw that yesterday mate, shocking stuff! Im clear too Very Happy

Just goes to show that nothing is foolproof....even a vpn can be subpoena'd into grassing you up...

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:09 am

I is squeaky clean Wink

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:54 am

They have me on there, apparently I'm from Pontypridd..........ummmm NO. Laughing

Nice try guys, your about 50 miles short lol.

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:57 am

Whitestar28 wrote:

They have me on there, apparently I'm from Pontypridd..........ummmm NO. Laughing

Nice try guys, your about 50 miles short lol.

..... but you are on the list !

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:58 am

Should I care?

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:00 am

I wouldn't but, I'm not you .......

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:01 am

Do "hide my IP" programs really work then, or is there another way of hiding my address, how are you guys not on the list?

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:05 am

I don't download anything ...... well nothing directly to my PC anyway, I have a seedbox for uploading/downloading and can stream films directly from the seedbox, also I use WinSCP to transfer torrents to and from the seedbox with an encrypted connection (SFTP).

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:06 am

well if the download history matches yours and it actually looks like its your details, it may just be that location they are showing is your neast exchange, or isp provider. So thats why location would not maybe show too accurate.

If its not you, sounds like maybe the ip address you have, used to be used by someone else. So the isp your with, had given that address to someone else before you, and then when you joined, you got it.

It also wont work with dynamic ip address', though most people would be on a static one as far as their external ip address is concerned.

As for not being on the list, dunno really. Maybe from using peerblock? Or maybe as i have never used a vpn/proxy when downloading. Or maybe just lucky Very Happy

Nothings 100% secure. I wouldnt worry about it though. You can also request that your ip address is removed from the site listings i think.

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:10 am

Well that wont work for me as I don't have a seedbox or a server. Sad

@Bazz
I don't use proxy either I don't know anything about them, My exchange is no where near Ponty. Peerblock, I find, is a bit weird as it also blocks web pages like c-net, I'll have to tinker with it some more I think and try the site again.

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:21 am

Seen this the other day think the site is a fail lol..
Says I am in the clear Confused

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:22 am

Whitestar28 wrote:

@Bazz
I don't use proxy either I don't know anything about them, My exchange is no where near Ponty. Peerblock, I find, is a bit weird as it also blocks web pages like c-net, I'll have to tinker with it some more I think and try the site again.

i only ever run peerblock when downloading/uploading. But theres an option to prevent it from interferring with http. Just tick the option for 'allow http' and it shouldnt interfere with any sites. Far as i know anyway...

edit: one my mates just checked there. lol it shows most of his download history recently. All kids movies for his kids, and dreamweaver.

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:28 am

The site is only showing 3 torrents that I have downloaded and lets be honest I have downloaded a lot more than that, and I can't ask to have my IP address removed because you need to have a Facebook account to do so.

I haven't been worried about what, and amount I have been downloading thus far so I'm not about to start now lol.

EDIT: The torrents listed for me aren't even recent they are from a month or so ago.

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:32 am

My wife just check on her 3 network says she downloaded white collar ..No she did not !