AdvertisingOk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 year agoHow does a private torrent tracker associate the downloader with my account?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow does a private torrent tracker associate the downloader with my account?AdvertisingOk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
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.
minus-squareYote.zip@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou have a unique “passkey” in the torrent that you download, and the tracker won’t let you connect without it. I wouldn’t try to cheat it, or you’ll likely end up banned. Trackers have scripts to detect tampering.
minus-squareraesin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe passkey is also why you shouldn’t share torrent files.
minus-squareorsetto@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoWait, you mean the *.torrent file, right?
You have a unique “passkey” in the torrent that you download, and the tracker won’t let you connect without it. I wouldn’t try to cheat it, or you’ll likely end up banned. Trackers have scripts to detect tampering.
The passkey is also why you shouldn’t share torrent files.
Wait, you mean the *.torrent file, right?