Public versus Private Torrents

[mason]

Let's DEBATE

are you kidding me, private torrents are way more dangerous. Public torrents are wildly more popular, and much more diverse. Many private torrents are enclosed, have logs of all there users, shows everything they've downloaded/uploaded, there whoel stie is usually in one server location,they have forums so most of the users are talking about the illegal activities they do. Would the FBI(MP) go after a website with a user-base of 500,000 with a spread out user-base and low/zero upload amounts or an enclosed user-base with 5,000 all downloading only illegal movies with a required ratio amout, which fucks you twice as much. uploading. The second case is much easier to proscute and prove. It's cut and dry.

[Adderall]

one small torrent site I frequent a lot gave me this message last week:

--- This is a message to all users. ---

We are going to get rid of all email addresses and IP addresses associated with individual user accounts in ONE WEEK.

As of right now, your email address and IP address is not used for anything on the tracker. They still exist in the database, however, so that we have a chance to fix any issues that arise from the changes in the tracker code and revert to the previous code if necessary. In one week, that data will be gone.

I'd say that's on the right track.
With the bigger public torrent sites I find that there is a better chance for viruses to get into the uploads if they are not regulated enough.

[mason]

thats good but it still can be traced and is more of a risk i believe because of the same reasons i listed.

[scrotumwound]

i like private torrents better just because there is usually better quality stuff
and the load times are also fast
if you think about it private torrents are safer from viruses than public torrents because
they usually come from a trusted source
as for being traced everything on the internet leaves footsteps

[mason]

You know I have never ever received a virus from a bit-torrent public site since it's came out. That's the great thing about it, fakes/virsus are more common on movies/new releases/ but that can easily be avoided by common sense.

[claudio]

either way, we can get screwed. if im gonna go out, im going out because of a private tracking. at least i get top quality stuff.

ive heard of many people seing sony actually being on peers list for torrents that are public.

[D.D.D.]

I don't like private torrents just because the balance between downloading and uploading is/feels unbalanced.
In one year, I downloaded about 100GB and uploaded 1.5TB (I have fibre optic) and yet for all the upload I did, I could never get anything that their trackers claimed to have people uploading despite my PC being on constantly.
I like public a lot better just for the mainstream stuff. But if I gotta, I'll do private for some stuff occasionally but it's a pain in the arse~

[baphomet_irl]

yeh sites like oink (which I think may be offline atm), are FAR too strict on their uploading ratio, like ridiculously so...

[claudio]

I dont mind that private torrents are strict. Its what keeps them alive, and thats why sites like madcats gets you torrents that are blazing fast.