I honestly don't believe I will have any legal trouble because I don't do anything like cp or worse, I just pirate media I like, not even porn. But across users of communities, or on public trackers, is IP exposure something to be concerned about?

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[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How though? People that want the torrent can't connect to you if you're not forwarding a port.

[–] fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can connect to them though. Peers that have their ports open can allow seeders to connect to them

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do seeds actively connect to peers even when the download is complete? I haven't used BitTorrent in a very long time, but it didn't used to do that.

[–] fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I am not sure, possibly not. Of course this isn't the ideal scenario, this is why port forwarding is still recommended, but you probably still get away without using it, if you download mostly freeleach and popular torrents. That way you can 1:1 the ratio during the download.

[–] K0W4LSK1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can connect to people who have their ports open but not people who don't, when your ports aren't open