Re: How much latency do you add to torrents?

From	D <nospam@example.net>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.privacy, alt.comp.issues.privacy
Subject	Re: How much latency do you add to torrents?
Date	2024-12-08 21:45 +0100
Organization	i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
Message-ID	<01aaba2b-ff8b-e6dc-54e3-1b1507f6488f@example.net> (permalink)
References	(1 earlier) <1cc658b8-b21b-c902-89de-f44883b3394d@example.net> <p589ljlv1stq65v65h35sim0oahi84jqua@4ax.com> <ef6813e0-ac9e-c08e-7ae6-ac927ca4c6dd@example.net> <vj2ppd$3dckn$1@dont-email.me> <cbebljd5k0fpn00l94d0gt55oaj8dgnta1@4ax.com>

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On Sun, 8 Dec 2024, jetjock wrote:

> On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 17:38:05 -0700, Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 21:51:47 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote
>>
>>>>> Saving magnet links takes me under a second. Too quick to notice.
>>
>> That's not what I had meant by latency.
>> Copying & pasting a magnet link takes milliseconds at most.
>> Then you wait.
>> And you wait.
>> And you wait some more.
>>
>> That's called "latency".
>>
>> You add random latency to the time BETWEEN when you grabbed the magnet.
>> And the time you employed that magnet link inside a bit torrent client.
>>
>> Of course, you change your IP address between those two times also.
>> But if there's is a short latency, they can easily figure which was you.
>>
>> You don't want them to figure out that it was the same person who grabbed
>> the magnet who then immediately started torrenting the media.
>>
>> Latency puts distance (in time) between those two "related" events.
>> It's the whole point of latency in the first place.
>>
>>>>> In terms of torrents, what are some good torrent sites that are still
>>>>> working?
>>
>> https://thepiratebay.org has been working for me for twenty years or so.
>> https://libgen.rs/ has been working for books and epubs for a while too.
>
> https://libgen.rs/  returns a "server not found" error.

I think it is just some temporary problem. I've used it successfully in 
the past. My three go tos for books are annas archive, libgen and z-lib.

> I've been using https://ebook-hunter.org/ and
> https://www.ebookhunter.net/ for ebooks.
>
>     >>>>>>>>>>jetjock<<<<<<<<<<
>

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How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-06 21:31 -0700
  Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-07 11:17 +0100
    Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? jetjock <jetjock@unkown.com> - 2024-12-07 13:26 -0600
      Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-07 21:51 +0100
        Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-07 17:38 -0700
          Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-12-08 09:40 +0000
            Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-08 19:46 -0700
          Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? jetjock <jetjock@unkown.com> - 2024-12-08 09:26 -0600
            Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-08 21:45 +0100
              Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-08 20:01 -0700
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-09 10:23 +0100
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-09 16:41 -0600
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-10 09:42 +0100
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-10 18:56 -0700
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-12-11 07:52 +0000
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-11 10:34 -0700
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-12-11 21:26 +0000
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-12 15:32 -0600
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-11 10:40 +0100
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-11 10:34 -0700
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-11 22:03 +0100
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-12 15:32 -0600
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-13 10:59 +0100
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-13 08:36 -0600
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-14 13:12 +0100
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-15 19:52 -0700
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-16 10:20 +0100
            Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-08 20:00 -0700
              Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? jetjock <jetjock@unkown.com> - 2024-12-09 09:49 -0600
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-09 16:40 -0600
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? jetjock <jetjock@unkown.com> - 2024-12-10 09:43 -0600
                Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-10 18:52 -0700
          Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? D. Ray <d@ray> - 2024-12-09 07:03 +0000
            Re: How much latency do you add to torrents? Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-12-09 15:51 -0700

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