onlinepersonaOct 21, 2023

PSA: Don't torrent over TOR

https://programming.dev/post/4694754

PSA: Don't torrent over TOR - programming.dev

1. It doesn’t make you anonymous. Torrent protocol wasn’t designed with anonymity in mind and there are a million ways you’re going to leak your actual IP address. 2. Tor is a TCP only network. 3. While this doesn’t give you the anonymity you wanted, it will hurt the network for other users.

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The first point of the answer is misleading. Tor is indeed designed with anonymity in mind. The leaks occur in different layers, like the for e.g. chosen BitTorrent client.

blog.torproject.org/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good…

Bittorrent over Tor isn't a good idea | Tor Project

An increasing number of people are asking us about the recent paper coming out of Inria in...

Oct 21, 2023 at 10:40amWeb
Show threadonlinepersonaOct 21, 2023
Torrenting over TOR doesn’t make you anonymous. How is that misleading?
Show threadVerPoiluOct 21, 2023
He said torrent, not tor.
Show threadspace_comrade [he/him]Oct 21, 2023
The torrent protocol wasn’t designed with anonymity in mind, not Tor.
Show threadproleOct 21, 2023
That’s kind of what they said though?
Show threadAnders429Oct 21, 2023
Don’t worry, I misread it the exact same way