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Ahoy guys,

I recently went to DL a TV show and found that ALL of its torrents had been abandoned, so I bought the DVDs, ripped them, and made my own. (Uploaded to a super old PB acc I had). It's been downloaded a few hundred times off my seeding alone. I got the torrent thrill and was thinking about doing this more.

With fake torrents & impersonation being a thing, my first thought was to sign my files/releases/messages with a PGP, however, I can't think of a single time I've seen this happen in the wild. Does this go against a rule? Is it accepted that nobody would ever check so why do it? It seems like a really simple step that would make things easier for everyone.

Very curious if anyone has any input, thanks.

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[–] vbayvvsyflvz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago

Scene Groups don't care about normal leechers. They only share the releases between themselves.

[–] mirisbowring@lemmy.primboard.de 10 points 1 year ago

I am not too deep into the scene, but i could imagine that this is not neccessarily desired since every signed release could be linked to them from a forensic and juristic perspective. (in the case they are arrested)

[–] crazyminner@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Lets give more evidence that this came from me LOL.

[–] fogetaboutit@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

I think it's unwise to do something illegal (morality of it are debatable) and create a paper trail of it. One loose end, and your ass is now connected to every single releases that you've ever done.

[–] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Not sure. Maybe I'll do it with my releases, I dunno. I don't exactly release any high profile stuff though, and I typically just avoid torrents because I'm afraid of getting a scary letter from my ISP. Perhaps that's unwise though.

[–] dotmatrix@lemmy.ftp.rip 1 points 1 year ago

There's no need for scene groups to sign their releases. If they notice a fake, they simply nuke the release and siteops purge whoever pred it.