Torrents vs FileHosts
February 4th, 2020
First of all, I have searched on this topic, but came up with little/insufficient answers.
The Questions:
I understand filehosts are “safer” than torrents, but just how “safe?” In other words, how “anti-safe” are torrents compared to fileshosts (rs, mu, hf, etc…)?
Which/How many are/of the major ISPs’ that throttle and/or send the termination letters/warning?
Is there some way to bring down the “safety” of torrents to a comparable level to that of filehosts? If so, how?
(I understand private ones are better than public one, but which ones (please do not use acronyms)? Also, is getting an invite for this very difficult? Could you spare one?)
(Also, i understand that people say to encrypt, but what exactly is being “encrypted” and how do i go about doing that?)
Anything else you feel relevant to this topic.
Thanks for shedding light on the topic.
I think so far the major law suits and stuff are going to people who download torrents. I don’t really know how much safer file hosts are though.
it is true that the majority of legal issues do deal with torrents; however, on private torrent sites it is generally considered to be somewhat safer in conjunction to software such as PeerBlock. Using Peerblock with torrenting is quite safe. You can also use PeerBlock’s List Manager to add to Peerblock’s list. Peerblock is the newer cousin of what used to be PeerGaudian2. PeerGaurdian2 is no longer supported..as far as I know. With filehosts, you have to deal with trojans and viri. On private torrent sites, this hardly exists as such torrents are reported and then removed by the Staff. ON public torrent sites, yes, there does exist the possiblity of viri and trojans; however, be aware of the fact that it is mostly unintentional for such things to be uploaded by the majority of users on torrent sites. I would tend to think the same on filehosts too. I do most of my downloading from private torrent sites and I have been torrenting for the last 5-6 years and have yet had a problem with ISPs or anything related like that. Keep in mind that it is largely dependant on how your ISP reacts. It is always a good idea to Google your ISP’s behaviour with respect to torrenting, throttleing, etc..
i hear alot of bad things about torrents..but i was a big torrent guy for many years…never had one problem with law or authorities etc…and now ive done well over 1000 download from filehosting sites and still…no police knocking on my door…
I’ve gotten a couple notices from my ISP back when I used torrents, I then switched over to these file hosts and haven’t had an issue since. Comcast is my ISP and they also toggle torrent speeds, I can actually download files from these file hosting sites (as a free user on top) faster than a torrent on Comcast. This really says a lot with Comcast’s toggles on torrents if I can download faster with a limit on speed and also a limit on how many files I can download within a certain timespan.
It really all depends on your ISP.
it’s easier to watch p2p. Torrents are not the most watched. E2k, limewire (rip) are.
Some private ones use ssl for security (google it)
as you can get a entire list of ips from torrents easily, file hosts only your isp can see and the hoster.