Is BT over Tor still not recommened?
Is BT over Tor still not recommened?
An increasing number of people are asking us about the recent paper coming out of Inria in...
It's been 13 yesrs after this blog was written. Does the claim still holds true?
It will never get recommended. It's bad for the network and bad for your privacy.
73 0 ReplyCan you please elaborate more on my next post? Thanks. https://lemmy.ml/post/7508828
3 29 ReplyI answered there. Not sure why you open a completely new post for that follow-up question?! You could have asked just here.
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Yes. It is better to use i2p for bittorrent. Now qbittorrent it is compatible.
66 0 ReplyWould you say this is better than using a VPN or just as good?
2 0 ReplyBetter, because it is free and secure. And at same time you are torrenting, you are helping the network. But a downside, it is the speed and amount of peers you find is less compared to the clearnet. Also it is not the best option to surf the clearnet, tor is better at this.
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Thanks. I was hoping 13 years will bring some improvements but sadly seems like not.
8 37 ReplyTor is not meant for torrenting, so improvements to torrenting on Tor will never be made.
78 0 ReplyDid you eat paint chips as a child?
7 20 ReplyI don't understand what the down votes are for. Disagreement? What's wrong in hoping for improvements in a 13 years gap? I understand and agree that BT over Tor is bad, but two doesn't conflict.
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Always will be because of the way the two technologies work at a fundamental level.
40 0 ReplyLiterally on the current download page:
41 2 ReplyThen I'm sorry for not reading carefully.
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yes
33 0 ReplyIt's never been recommended and it never was a good idea.
29 0 ReplyYes.
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6 0 ReplyYou could probably rent a seedbox or more generic service like an aws ecs instance and then download from the seedbox or s3 via tor.
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