Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 5 months agoHacktivists release two gigabytes of Heritage Foundation data (Project 2025)cyberscoop.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1261cross-posted to: aiop@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.social
arrow-up1261external-linkHacktivists release two gigabytes of Heritage Foundation data (Project 2025)cyberscoop.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 5 months agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: aiop@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.social
minus-squareDr. Jenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tubelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·5 months agoIf the feds connect to the tracker before the file is fully seeded, the IP address of the lone seeder will be exposed. Torrents are good for their resistance to censorship, but they’re bad for privacy.
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoThat can be solved by setting up multiple partial seeders, so none has the full file, but as a whole they can still seed it. And/or seeding over I2P.
If the feds connect to the tracker before the file is fully seeded, the IP address of the lone seeder will be exposed. Torrents are good for their resistance to censorship, but they’re bad for privacy.
That can be solved by setting up multiple partial seeders, so none has the full file, but as a whole they can still seed it.
And/or seeding over I2P.
TIL