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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.

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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
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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.
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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.
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