that's a 0.009% success rate
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2024
93 points (100.0% liked)
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ
54390 readers
231 users here now
⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.
Rules • Full Version
1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy
2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote
3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs
4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others
Loot, Pillage, & Plunder
📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):
💰 Please help cover server costs.
 |
 |
|---|---|
| Ko-fi | Liberapay |
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Roughly the odds of flipping heads 17 times in a row
So you're saying there is a chance...
Just use I2P and you'll be fine 😴 Even if they decide to stop warning and go straight to trial, or force VPNs to keep logs, you'll be safe with I2P.
The biggest issue I've had with I2P so far has been lack of content.
postman.i2p only permits torrents which includes its tracker in the torrent file, which means popular torrents from 1337x, TPB et al can't be uploaded there (at least not without changing the infohash). Torrent clients like qBittorrent and BiglyBT can cross-seed on I2P and clearnet networks which is a recent development since libtorrent 2.0 came out (software packages take a while to bump to.the latest library), but from what I've tested nearly all of the infohashes I put into my client from "clearnet" torrent sites have stalled, probably because I2P is a little too bespoke at the moment.
The potential is definitely there IMO, but unless you're just watching mainstream movies and TV it's not a replacement for clearnet/VPN.
If I'm missing something I'd like to know :)
The info hash shouldn't change as per spec.
info_hash
The 20 byte sha1 hash of the bencoded form of the info value from the metainfo file. This value will almost certainly have to be escaped.
The info value is a separate key of a torrent file
metainfo files
Metainfo files (also known as .torrent files) are bencoded dictionaries with the following keys:
announce
The URL of the tracker.
info
This maps to a dictionary, with keys described below.
The info dictionary does not include the list of trackers, therefore the infohash shouldn't change.
The most likely reason your torrent stalls when running in I2P mode is probably that it doesn't exist on the tracker.
I stand corrected, thank you. I'll have to try that out.
Are there I2P based IPTV services available?
I doubt it. I2P is like TOR, but more optimised for P2P and has less users, so it's much slower (100-200KB/s on established connctions). But if the number of users grows, it may become much faster.
That's an interesting prospect. I would love to see that take shape.