Re: [Trisquel-users] why is anonymous torrent software not available?

2017-09-09 Thread gpast_panama
It doesn't avoid sending out your IP address per se- it has to, in order to allow the reply to be sent to you- but 'anonymizes' it through two techniques. Firstly, the tunnels serve to introduce distance between the sender and the receiver of a packet, preventing a single user from watching

Re: [Trisquel-users] why is anonymous torrent software not available?

2017-09-07 Thread masonhock
How does I2P avoid sending your IP address?

Re: [Trisquel-users] why is anonymous torrent software not available?

2017-09-07 Thread svhaab
Thank you. >whistle blowers, journalists, political dissidents, etc. I think they could use an anonymous torrent service too. >Torrenting via Tor is NOT anonymous. What I have read too. Can you tell why tor does not make the torrent system anonymous. I read it was about the torrent client

Re: [Trisquel-users] why is anonymous torrent software not available?

2017-09-07 Thread svhaab
Thank you. >whistle blowers, journalists, political dissidents, etc. I think they could use an anonymous torrent service too. >Torrenting via Tor is NOT anonymous. What I have read too. Can you tell why tor does not make the torrent system anonymous. I read it was about the torrent client

Re: [Trisquel-users] why is anonymous torrent software not available?

2017-09-07 Thread gpast_panama
The reason I2P is more safe and ethical than Tor for torrenting is the fact that it was built for that purpose- unlike Tor, which is primarily designed for standard client/server systems (with clearnet access being part of the system, unlike for I2P). They do share parts of their

Re: [Trisquel-users] why is anonymous torrent software not available?

2017-09-07 Thread masonhock
So is the use of encryption what makes it safer than Tor for torrenting? To a layman the "tunnels" sound very similar to relay nodes. I'll take a look at GNUnet too. Thanks.

Re: [Trisquel-users] why is anonymous torrent software not available?

2017-09-07 Thread masonhock
What does IP2 do differently that makes it safe?

Re: [Trisquel-users] why is anonymous torrent software not available?

2017-09-07 Thread greatgnu
Torrenting via Tor is NOT anonymous. Torrenting with a VPN is not anonymous. Torrenting with I2P is absolutely anonymous and very very safe. https://geti2p.net/en/ Expect slowly slow slowness though :///

[Trisquel-users] why is anonymous torrent software not available?

2017-09-06 Thread svhaab
https://www.tribler.org/ Why is making anonymous torrent systems difficult? I suppose it is difficult, because tribler has been developed for some time and not gotten there. My understanding is, tribler has made there own sharing system, like https://geti2p.net/en/. Are both software