does anyone have a good intro guide into #priacy . i'm not a noob but i feel overwhelmed and OOTL.
i'll post some defnitions i think i know, and after that there is a list of things i do not know
- torrenting: a protocol that allows multiple users to send the same file to someone else splitting the network cost across all the seeders
- seeders: people that have already downloaded a file and is making it available to others
- leechers: originally i thought it was users that downloaded a file and never seeded, but lately i've seen it as that+users that still havent finished downloading the file
- tracker: a server that connects clients to seeders. keeps track of who is seeding
- indexer: a server that works as an addressbook or search engine to find torrents
- torrent file: a file that points to a file in a tracker.
i do not know these:
- magnet link / file
- debrid
- what are private trackers? (and why do people use them?)
- what is usenet? do people use it INSTEAD of torrent? what is the difference