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Re:Don't Use VPN Services by juped on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @06:02PM (#21328902)
The primary reason people use VPN services, which articles like this always fail to address, is best illustrated at this URL: https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by sincerely on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @09:14PM (#21330138)
Okay, so I just checked this out, and there is a non-zero amount of child porn on the list. Is my roommate downloading CP? Is there any other explantion?
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by gabriel34 on Thursday October 24, 2019 @03:25PM (#21348278)
keep an eye on that list, the last seen column should tell you if this is current of ancient activity, if he/she is seeding, correlating this with times your roommate is home (or his/hers pc on) should give you a good idea of whether this is him/her or someone else sharing your IP. Another such file coming up on that list is a strong indicator as well, and could help you even if he/she is no longer seeding. Keep in mind that remote control of a torrent client is possible. If you control the router you could try getting a new IP. All this without downloading the actual file
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by sincerely on Thursday October 24, 2019 @11:36PM (#21351638)
Thanks for the advice I'll keep an eye on it. As far as I'm aware he's home basically 100% of the time so that unfortunately doesn't help narrow anything down lol
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by olalonde on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:46PM (#21330870)
Maybe your ISP is using carrier-grade NAT? [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT

Re:Don't Use VPN Services by peteretep on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @10:16PM (#21330424)
The other explanation is that your ISP doesn't give you a static IP, and customers of your ISP have had this IP.
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by sincerely on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @10:52PM (#21330617)
I just turned the router off and on again and the IP is the same :$
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by cgriswald on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:22AM (#21331009)
My ISP assigns me the same IP address for months at a time before changing it seemingly at random. Without knowing how long you’ve had that IP address and how long the linked site keeps data for, it’s not really meaningful information.
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by zanny on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:40PM (#21330843)
Your IP is assigned on rotation by your upstream ISP, your router doesn't get to pick when the address changes unless you contact them and ask to have it changed.
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by easytiger on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @10:11PM (#21330406)
is your IP dynamic? could be someone else on the same isp. Perhaps cgnat?
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by zamadatix on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @06:18PM (#21329015)
Curious if this actually lists anything accurate for anyone else. For me:

Home - US, dynamic IP but unchanged in a year: nothing.

Colo - US, static IP for 5 years: 7 things I haven't downloaded and can't find any history of on my disks or backup software.

Seedbox - EU, static IP for 3 years: nothing.

Home probably has <12 downloads, the other two should have thousands from various sources.

Re:Don't Use VPN Services by juped on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @06:34PM (#21329137)
It's very limited but tends to show normies some popular movies (and, crucially, embarassing pornography) they've torrented, which makes the overall point
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by benhurmarcel on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:21PM (#21336755)
At home it shows me ~20 downloads which I didn't do, and none of the ones I did. Not sure why.
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by scandinavian on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @03:47AM (#21332188)
It just scrapes public trackers. If you don't use public trackers, you wont show up.
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by throwaway_bad on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @08:31PM (#21329896)
Pretty impressive. Every anime I torrented off nyaa.si / horriblesubs was listed.
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by rconti on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:23AM (#21331348)
Heh. A single ubuntu iso.
Re:Don't Use VPN Services by voltagex_ on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @10:29PM (#21330497)
Interesting. I knew there were malicious peers around but that's the first I've seen that's so loud about it.