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.

  • onescomplement@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    There’s no point in cheating. Any good private tracker will let maintain a sizeable buffer assuming you seed with things like bonus points/free leech.

    If it’s difficult to maintain a buffer, plan to move to a different tracker that will.

    Plus, the big private trackers communicate with one another. Get caught in one, you’ll be found out in others.

  • AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    If you don’t want to go to the effort to maintain a ratio, just use Usenet and never worry about seeding or leeching again.

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    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.