I was searching through the megathread (https://rentry.co/megathread) and I found that yts.mx and 1337x.to are labeled as 'fake clones'. I have used both of these several times

Are yts.mx and 1337x.to considered unsafe? I have them in my prowlarr and wondering if I should remove them

Edit: I was wrong 1337x is not labeled as a fake clone, I misread the fake clone which is 1377x

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[–] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I have been using 1337x.to for years and it's listed as #1 option for general purpose torrents in the megathread. I get everything from there, except for music which rutracker is better for.

You should always be careful when downloading stuff though, once I was drunk torrenting and found a movie, but for some reason it wouldn't play. The next day I noticed it was an exe file...

[–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

found a movie, but […] it wouldn’t play

So it played… you /s

[–] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

Indeed. That was back when I used windows, and I found it quarantined in defender. No idea what kind of spyware I got from it, but I wasn't hacked and I didn't lose my moneys.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

Ooh, I want a "Don't drink and torrent" sticker now