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...
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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.
72 0 ReplyCan you please elaborate more on my next post? Thanks. https://lemmy.ml/post/7508828
3 0 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.
65 0 ReplyThanks. I was hoping 13 years will bring some improvements but sadly seems like not.
9 0 ReplyTor is not meant for torrenting, so improvements to torrenting on Tor will never be made.
76 0 ReplyDid you eat paint chips as a child?
7 0 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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Would 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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Literally on the current download page:
40 0 ReplyThen I'm sorry for not reading carefully.
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Always will be because of the way the two technologies work at a fundamental level.
39 0 Replyyes
32 0 ReplyIt's never been recommended and it never was a good idea.
29 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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