▲ 268 ▼ Hacktivists release two gigabytes of Heritage Foundation data (Project 2025) (cyberscoop.com) submitted 2 years ago by remington@beehaw.org [M] to c/technology@beehaw.org 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube 36 points 2 years ago (2 children) If the feds connect to the tracker before the file is fully seeded, the IP address of the lone seeder will be exposed. Torrents are good for their resistance to censorship, but they're bad for privacy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago That can be solved by setting up multiple partial seeders, so none has the full file, but as a whole they can still seed it. And/or seeding over I2P. permalink fedilink source parent [–] xavier666@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago TIL permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago That can be solved by setting up multiple partial seeders, so none has the full file, but as a whole they can still seed it. And/or seeding over I2P. permalink fedilink source parent