if you torrent off of public wifi, in theory, would you not be caught? (hexbear.net)

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if I went to a library or something, and torrent a file, nobody would be able to tell who it was as its a public place and the library couldn't be held accountable. thoughts?

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Mainly I just use the one built-in to settings of Gnome, I never torrented on public wifi (most public wifi I've used is too slow to download without chewing up all the bandwith) but the MAC address randomizer seems to work very well, even with the ones that use timed paywalls (where they let you use it for a time then lock your MAC address out and ask you to pay).