Re: How much latency do you add to torrents?

On Mon, 9 Dec 2024, Oliver wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 10:23:41 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote 
>>> That is, when you copy a magnet link, how much time do you let pass before
>>> you use that magnet link which you copied, pasted in a bittorrent client?
>> 
>> In my case, I click on a magnet link, it is opened in transmission on my 
>> computer, and it immediately starts downloading.
>
> Thanks for answering the question as you're the first person to try.

You're welcome. =) I think perhaps the lack of answers is that people 
maybe did not understand the question, and I was uncertain myself. But now 
I think it is perfectly clear what the question is.

> It's good to know what other people do.
>
> Of course, you're aware that if you obtain the magnet link via method 1 &
> IP address 1 - then when you use that magnet link via method 2 & perhaps IP
> address 2, the lack of latency allows the powers that be to correlate it.
>
> I get it if you're not worried about that correlation, which you must not
> be, which is fine - as that's one of the outputs I was hoping to
> understand.
>
> My one question to you is "why not wait a few hours?" in so much as the
> longer you wait, the less they can correlate the two related events.

This is easy! I live in a jurisdiction where pirating content is not 
illegal. It is illegal to spread content, making it available, but not to 
download it.

If I would live in such a jurisdiction, and if it would be common that 
people are arrested or prosecuted, I most likely would rent a VM in a 
jurisdiction where pirating is legal, and then download from that VM and 
just download over scp to where I was living.

> Note: I'm not chastising you. I'm just asking if you've considered the
> implications of adding latency or if you just don't care about the issue.
>