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• HOW TO DOWNLOAD TORRENTS SAFELY WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT TORRENT

Here's where it gets slightly more technical.

HOW TO DOWNLOAD TORRENTS SAFELY WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT TORRENT

Make sure to carefully scan the comments to see if anyone has found anything suspicious about the files, and if the torrent has no comments, it's probably your best bet just to avoid it. Not only is there the obvious and omnipresent virus threat, but some "clever" companies seed fake torrents holding tracking malware. Always, always read these before putting any foreign files on your computer. Almost every reputable torrent site has space for user comments on the download page. If you really can't scrounge up an invite to any of these private communities, the least you can do is check the files before you download. And if you have any friends who download regularly, one or two of them might have some spare invites to go around. This might be a lot less convenient than browsing the public sites, but once you're in, the odds of getting caught go down significantly. Private trackers such as Demonoid ( now shut down) and BitMe provide an extra layer of protection by requiring users to register, and are often invite only to help keep those unwanted corporate presences. Now obviously, because popular torrents might have thousands of people connected to it at any time, the odds of them choosing your IP to go after is slim, but why take the risk? Because these sites don't verify anyone's identity, and there are no restrictions on what downloads you can join, it's next to effortless for a company to jump in and grab some IPs.

Public trackers, such as The Pirate Bay, are where these phony downloaders go to mine for IP addresses.

Once they have your IP, they can contact your ISP which will lead them right to you. Copyright holders looking to get their lawsuit on might join a download and log the IPs of everyone they come in contact with. In turn, you send them back the pieces you have, and everyone ends up with a completed file in the end. When you torrent, your IP is shared with a number of other users who help you to finish the file by sending you pieces of it that they've already downloaded. This is the first and easiest line of defense for your downloading habits.