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[–] tryptamine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unless the site has been high jacked by the feds and they want to be able to track people 🧐

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Would they go to all that effort to nab a few downloaders? They don't even get prosecuted if caught, usually.

[–] tryptamine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 days ago

Just off the top of my head, they could be using the evidence of a person donating to a torrent group as probable cause to see what other illegal activity that person has been up to…

I was mostly joking in response to why a torrent tracker would be asking for donations in a cryptocurrency that can be traced…