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Pretty much every public tracker is monitored
They can watch my VPN IP download shit all day. Have fun with that.
Private ones too. Privacy in private trackers is largely a myth, and you should be using a VPN regardless of public or private.
If you (a relative Joe Schmo Nobody in the torrenting scene) can get an invite to the private tracker, you really think a billion dollar media industry couldn’t arrange to get one too? Of course they have straw-man accounts on the big private trackers, and of course they’re quietly seeding media to be able to log IP addresses that connect to the swarm.
The only real benefit private trackers have is better seeding requirements (meaning stuff typically downloads faster, and is less likely to stall indefinitely) and better request systems (meaning obscure media is usually easier to find, and you can request media that is missing).
I would think they would be better about it because private tracker accounts cost money and big companies don't have infinite resources to fight piracy, they can't get every tracker.
They do have infinite resources (a lot of money) relative to the difficulty and expense of getting into a private tracker (not a lot of money). If you are in a jurisdiction where seeding is an offense, it is only a matter of enforcement priorities whether users who leak their ip address get targeted.
Sure but there are a lot of private trackers
I don't disagree that you should treat any torrenting site as compromisee