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Hi, I was wondering how they do this and if there is a way to "cheat" the amount of data you are downloading or seeding.

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[–] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 11 points 1 year ago

Your tracker url in your downloaded torrent files has a unique passkey in it that allows access and associates activity with your account.

This is why you cannot share .torrent files. The contents of the .torrent files are usually fair game to make another torrent of though!