No, Peerblock only blocks the IP addresses of supposed Anti P2P Organizations (AP2P) from obtaining parts of files from the torrent downloads on your computer.
In any case Peerblock does not stop ap2p companies from participating in a file sharing download it is just you that will not see them in the peer list and they will not have access to your computer.
They, the APOs, are perfectly able to inject "bad" data into a torrent and that will be available for you to download from another peer that is not using Peerblock.
The only way Peerblock can work is if EVERYONE who is downloading a file from a p2p site is using it (and their block lists are up-to-date)
In fact, if an APO wanted to track your downloading activity they would not participate in a file sharing scheme using an IP address that is in any known blocklist.
Links:
In any case Peerblock does not stop ap2p companies from participating in a file sharing download it is just you that will not see them in the peer list and they will not have access to your computer.
They, the APOs, are perfectly able to inject "bad" data into a torrent and that will be available for you to download from another peer that is not using Peerblock.
The only way Peerblock can work is if EVERYONE who is downloading a file from a p2p site is using it (and their block lists are up-to-date)
In fact, if an APO wanted to track your downloading activity they would not participate in a file sharing scheme using an IP address that is in any known blocklist.
Links:
- All about downloading from file-sharing networks
- The relative risks of torrenting
- BTGuard TorrentPrivacy Review
1 comment:
Thanks for pointing this out. If you visit some of the web forums that support blocking peers and the creation of lists of APOs you get a completely wrong view of things.
I really don't know what some of these guys are smoking!
As you say, the chances of EVERYONE who is on a particular torrent using a peer blocker is unlikley. AND, it should be emphasised that the only thing that is being blocked is "bad" data from reaching your computer - your identity is STILL being leaked to the Internet.
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