im trying to download a gallery from e-hentai but the site has limitation count and recommend me to use torrent instead, so i google it up but its said torrent is dangerous sometime like malware or copyright issue. I want to ask if e-hentai torrent is safe to download and how could the site benefits any thing from torrent user ?
question about e-hentai torrent download
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- May 1, 2021
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Torrent as a system to download stuff is safe. Downloading from torrents is as dangerous as downloading stuff from unofficial sites in general. The reason people use torrents is that you don't need a dedicated server for that. Instead, people who have the files (seeders) upload to you the parts you don't have, forming together the file you need. After downloading you can stay and become a seed yourself.
I hope I answered all your questions.
I hope I answered all your questions.
So after you download a torrent file you will automatically become a seeder of that file even if you don’t directly do it or don’t wanna ? ( i understand that while i am downloading it im sharing it to others peers too but what after the download finish)
- May 10, 2018
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Been downloading from e-hentai since 2011, even played that stupid RPG minigame for points, never had a problem personally as far as torrents downloads go. They have a pretty good security track record, but do look up DMCA e-hentai torrents on nyaa to fill in the blanks that were purged from the site.
There are two parts here: the torrent file/link, and the downloaded contents.
The torrent itself is like a cloud-hosted website, cops and lawyers can see it and track who is using it but generally don't because that shit is expensive with so many individual sites and torrents. Using the torrent system itself is not illegal in the civilised world.
The second part is the actual content you're downloading. Doing so via torrent is not MORE illegal than any other way, but the ability to track your activity is different depending on how you do it.
And regarding the upload part, that might actually matter in some jurisdictions as you are supplying pirated material to others rather than merely using it in private (think dealing vs buying drugs). Torrent clients usually let you set rate limitations though, which you can potentially use to disable uploading entirely. Probably won't help you in a lawsuit and it means you aren't giving back to the community you're taking from, but blocking upstream does not have any immediate consequences in itself.
And as others have said remove the torrent file/link from the client once you're done downloading if you don't want to keep uploading long-term. Double-check the settings in your torrent client to make sure it does not automatically delete the downloaded content when you remove the torrent (this is not "necessary" but some clients might try for "convenience").
The torrent itself is like a cloud-hosted website, cops and lawyers can see it and track who is using it but generally don't because that shit is expensive with so many individual sites and torrents. Using the torrent system itself is not illegal in the civilised world.
The second part is the actual content you're downloading. Doing so via torrent is not MORE illegal than any other way, but the ability to track your activity is different depending on how you do it.
And regarding the upload part, that might actually matter in some jurisdictions as you are supplying pirated material to others rather than merely using it in private (think dealing vs buying drugs). Torrent clients usually let you set rate limitations though, which you can potentially use to disable uploading entirely. Probably won't help you in a lawsuit and it means you aren't giving back to the community you're taking from, but blocking upstream does not have any immediate consequences in itself.
And as others have said remove the torrent file/link from the client once you're done downloading if you don't want to keep uploading long-term. Double-check the settings in your torrent client to make sure it does not automatically delete the downloaded content when you remove the torrent (this is not "necessary" but some clients might try for "convenience").
- Dec 4, 2018
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ANYTHING you download from the internet has the potential to be malicious, torrent or not. Torrenting allows the burden of file hosting to be shared among multiple end clients which can result in faster download speeds and less bandwidth usage by the original host, assuming that peers continue sharing after they finish their download. It also makes it convenient for a peer to control the download because you can see the list of actual files you are downloading before the download starts, choose only the files you want, and you can set a preferred rate and stop/start at your convenience. It has a bad reputation because it's commonly used for piracy and ISP's will even forbid its usage (which is B.S.).
Thanks for all that respond, i understand the risk now but will i get involved in lawsuit if i download a pixiv fanbox gallery 
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- Nov 14, 2018
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why would you? there's 1.620 fanbox gallery in e-hentai and they're still keep getting updatedThanks for all that respond, i understand the risk now but will i get involved in lawsuit if i download a pixiv fanbox gallery
downloading fanbox gallery is no different (or even less problematic) than downloading fakku galleries or downloading viz manga from pirate sites or all those sfm patreon leaks on here
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Just one more note: The files in a torrent are described/secured with cryptographic hashes in the .torrent file/magnet link - that means other uploaders can't substitute malware for the intended files. So the risk of getting malware via a torrent is virtually* the same as the risk of getting malware by a direct download from the same server.
*Yeah, SHA-1 collisions are possible, and an attacker might find it easier to substitute a torrent/magnet link than larger files on the webserver, but that's... negligible.
*Yeah, SHA-1 collisions are possible, and an attacker might find it easier to substitute a torrent/magnet link than larger files on the webserver, but that's... negligible.
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