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Re:Bitmagnet Allows People to Run Their Own Decentralized To... by rakoo on Sunday February 18, 2024 @01:51PM (#39421860)
An indexer doesn't download content. The only information you'll have is the name of a torrent, potentially its files, and who is interested in those files.

But that's the technical view, what happens in court might be totally different.

Re:Bitmagnet Allows People to Run Their Own Decentralized To... by MomoXenosaga on Sunday February 18, 2024 @04:36PM (#39423644)
Considering many countries block torrent sites I wouldn't chance it.
Re:Bitmagnet Allows People to Run Their Own Decentralized To... by Scion9066 on Sunday February 18, 2024 @01:57PM (#39421937)
In order to get the information such as the name of the torrent and its files from the hash you do need to connect to someone in the swarm to download that metadata. You won't know what it is until after you've already connected.
Re:Bitmagnet Allows People to Run Their Own Decentralized To... by toyg on Sunday February 18, 2024 @02:32PM (#39422275)
Connecting to an unknown machine and asking what they have, is like knocking on a stranger's door and asking what they're selling. Them mentioning something nefarious and you leaving in response, is very obviously not a crime.
Re:Bitmagnet Allows People to Run Their Own Decentralized To... by rakoo on Sunday February 18, 2024 @03:28PM (#39422854)
There probably are nefarious content you can see just from the filenames but not everything is like that. Moreover, you "only" know they distribute it, you don't do it yourself.