Researchers Expose Locations of Pirate Bay UploadersRead the entire TorrentFreak article here.
Academic researchers have published information on the individuals and groups who upload torrent files to The Pirate Bay. The data reveals that most torrent files are first seeded from U.S. connections, with Comcast and Road Runner being the top Internet providers. The researchers also reveal the top 100 uploaders to The Pirate Bay along with their alleged whereabouts.
And I am number 56 on this published list!
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A group of researchers from Universidad Carlos III and Institute IMDEA Networks in collaboration with other institutions are keeping a detailed log of those Pirate Bay users who upload torrents. Their main reason is to investigate the “fake torrent” phenomenon and to make the BitTorrent ecosystem more healthy.
To accomplish this the researchers track all files uploaded to The Pirate Bay and where possible record the IP-addresses of the initial seeders. In many cases these IP-addresses are associated with the person who uploaded the file to The Pirate Bay.
While the researchers have no intention of using the data for purposes other than research, it requires little imagination to see how copyright holders [or copyright bullying organizations] and law enforcement might use similar tactics to track down mass publishers of pirated content.
To show what information is available, the researchers have published a tool that allows everyone to lookup Pirate Bay users and see which seeder locations are associated with their account. In addition they have published a chart of the top 100 most active uploaders during the past month....
When you click the "More information" link associated with my username, this is what displays:
I may be wrong to be disturbed by this, but the truth is -- I don't know what the potential fallout may be from this undesired attention.
I would like to step up my game in trying to secure for myself what remnants of privacy there are to be had on the net, and it just so happens that I have been doing some basic research in that area recently. I would dearly love to hear suggestions and comments from the users of this blog about what future strategies and tactics I should pursue.
Thanks in advance.
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