Are they for you? Why or why not?

  • viking@infosec.pub
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    8 months ago

    So far there’s never been a thing I couldn’t find on a public tracker, so there was never a need to look into it.

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        8 months ago

        Yep, that and the fact that private trackers have buy-in or subscription fees and mandatory upload ratios.

        I value the anonymity of a public tracker that doesn’t tie me down with any means of fund transfer or prolonged upload through which I could be exposed if my VPN dropped or the payment channel got compromised, crypto or not.

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      8 months ago

      I would and for the most part have used private trackers for either a specific type of thing or a specific kinda obscure or not very popular title. I find that the more not well known a thing is, the more likely it’s going to be found and (re)seeded on a private tracker.

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        8 months ago

        Exactly my experience. I’m in a private tracker for books and audiobooks that sometimes has content that’s not on other sites (audiobooks, in particular).

        I also just joined a different private tracker that specializes in pre-organized .img files pre-loaded for emulation setups. Like, a one-file 1TB image ready to roll with everything preconfigured.

        For popular TV/film, private trackers are unnecessary, unless maybe you’re very particular about 4K/8K REMUX quality or something more specific.