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  • Bit_formBit_form@corteximplant.com
    Jul 10, 2026, 1:03 PM

    @alienghic i was always under the impression that torrents were not p2p because of the useage off a central server and not downloading from a single source. I default on soulseek as a result.

    I kinda shy away from torrents because they seem easier to crack down on wheen noy using a VPN because of the distributed level of there being so many users a file is coming from. It is more likely that one of them is a state law enforcing actor, or is my suspicion misplaced?

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  • Dianealienghic@timeloop.cafe
    Jul 10, 2026, 2:51 PM

    @Bit_form

    The bulk transfer is p2p though the trackers are helpful for getting started.

    and yes the standard use will leak the IP address for anyone participating in that download.

    However there are legal to distribute torrents. Libre office has torrent links, there's sciop backing up government data threatened by trump sciop.net/

    There are also ways to protect participant IP addresses but thats more complicated to explain

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  • Luna :3 :trans_verify:LunaCOLON3@blahaj.zone
    Jul 10, 2026, 2:59 PM

    @Bit_form@corteximplant.com @alienghic@timeloop.cafe from what i have heard its actually that there are trolls who report the copyright infringement to your ISP. also, with bittorrent everyone who downloads it also uploads it and uploading a file is much more legally dangerous than downloading one. ive personally never experienced any problems even without a VPN. (...because i am a law abiding citizen and would never ever share a file with my peers without proper authorization!! ​:neocat_floof_angel:​)

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  • Bit_formBit_form@corteximplant.com
    Jul 10, 2026, 3:10 PM

    @LunaCOLON3 @alienghic I'm only sharing and trading local band demos so ehhhh.

    Not gonna find a majority of the thingsi want anyway, and nobody us going to want what I upload

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