Re: How much latency do you add to torrents?

On Mon, 09 Dec 24 07:03:22 UTC, "D. Ray" <d@ray> wrote 

>> Of course, you change your IP address between those two times also.
> 
> Why though? Grab a magnet and download it using same IP.

I understand what the average person does, so let's all agree that 
the average person (who almost certainly doesn't understand the 
inherent advantages of random latency probably does both actions 
at the same time using the same IP address (VPN or not) for both.

Action 1: Grab the magnet
Action 2: Use the magnet

And that's fine. But it's not "as private" as it could be.
That's all.

If you change the IP address between action 1 and action 2, it's harder for
the powers that be to correlate the two actions to you precisely (VPN or
not), and if you additionally add latency between action 1 and action 2,
that makes it even harder for the powers that be to know it was you for
both actions.

Given you ask "why", notice the "cost" is almost zero for this added
privacy. Note that using a different IP address has a cost of zero.
And waiting a few hours or days also has a very minor cost close to zero.

So, for a cost of almost zero, you get the benefit of a more difficult
correlation that it was the same person performing action 1 & action 2.

That's why. :)

Having explained the why, I ask you (and others) how much latency you
typically add between obtaining the magnet link & using that magnet link?