1. It doesn’t make you anonymous. Torrent protocol wasn’t designed with anonymity in mind and there are a million ways you’re going to leak your actual IP address.
  2. Tor is a TCP only network.
  3. While this doesn’t give you the anonymity you wanted, it will hurt the network for other users.
  • alvvayson@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Indeed.

    Torrenting over I2P is the future. No need for VPN and no dependency on donated bandwidth like with Tor.

    The technology needs a bit of refinement and it seems they are struggling to attract and maintain good developers.

    In my opinion, the fundamental protocols of I2P need a revamp to make torrenting faster and more efficient.

    It will take a few years before we solve these problems.

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      1 year ago

      I2P is still around? I remember experimenting with it a decade ago. Sounds like it’s still a slow experience.

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        It’s not super fast but it’s more then usable, you just need to get lucky with fast routers in your tunnels