Argument With Friend: Torrents are traceable, arent they?

[aphex]

My friend thinks that torrents are completely safe as it is untraceable (no centralized server) however, i thought that pretty much everything is tracable....

I need some solid facts to back me up here, they are traceable, arent they?

 

[Yossarian]

your isp knows everything

 

[So]

Yeah, they are.

 

[everman]

You are anything but safe. Just load up azeures and check out the list of every client you're connected to complete with IP adresses.

 

[sniperruff]

ISP will know you've opened up a certain torrent named "cute_azn_hentai_avi.torrent"

 

[imported_KirbsAw]

No centralized server.....what do you think the tracker is then?

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

When you connect to a torrent, you can view the IP of every other person connected. So no, they are not. In fact, they are less anon than most.

 

[FoBoT]

everything is traceable

 

[Reel]

Originally posted by: KirbsAw
No centralized server.....what do you think the tracker is then?

The Azureus guys just released or are about to release something that decentralizes the tracker. However, you need 3 main components to be able to download a torrent in general:

1. .torrent file to find the tracker and file info

1. tracker to find seeds and other peers

1. seeder to provide the file chunks

Each of those chokepoints is a potential tracking point, especially if one of those were compromised by a "good guy" RIAA or MPAA.

 

[boyRacer]

BitComet has an option to report LAN IP to tracker or not... i never changed it so i dunno.

 

[Legendary]

If you're uploading, they know.

 

[Sqube]

And with torrents, you're uploading. So there's your answer.

 

[LtPage1]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
ISP will know you've opened up a certain torrent named "cute_azn_hentai_avi.torrent"

oh sh!t. im fvcked.

 

[duragezic]

Yeah when you start up <insert recent movie title>.dvd-rip.avi etc, you are wide open to lawsuits!

 

[iversonyin]

absolutely traceable...as the matter of fact when I open "Torrent Detail" it shows every IP address I'm downloading/uploading from/to.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Would seeding 'Paris Hilton - One Night in Paris' be illegal?