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Hi, I was wondering how they do this and if there is a way to "cheat" the amount of data you are downloading or seeding.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (7 children)

You have a unique "passkey" in the torrent that you download, and the tracker won't let you connect without it. I wouldn't try to cheat it, or you'll likely end up banned. Trackers have scripts to detect tampering.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The passkey is also why you shouldn’t share torrent files.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Wait, you mean the *.torrent file, right?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes! Private sites’ .torrent and magnet links know who you are so they can track your ratio.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alright, for a moment I thought you meant the actual files I download

That wouldn't make sense tho

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

My fault. Sorry for the panic!

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