User Privacy

This is probably a question previously asked or there's a site page dedicated to this but I can't, for the life of me, find them.

As far as the security of my personal information, specifically my IP, how secure is it when I use the site? Say, there's a request for GTRU user IP information, will the site admin readily hand it over (given that the order was a legal request)?

I appreciate the clarification. Cheerio!

MrMazda

We have a VERY strict policy surrounding the privacy of our users. Simply put, we will never reveal any information about any of our users, PERIOD. With that being said however, it may still be possible for copyright trolls to acquire your IP address by joining the peer pool on the torrent. This is something that we have no control over, as it is part and parcel of how torrents work.

there is a way of getting around this however. I would recommend the use of a VPN service such as PrivateVPN. More specifically, you want a VPN provider (such as the one I mentioned) who does not keep any logs. It's even better if you can find one that also accepts anonymous payments such as gift cards or BitCoin. This means that even your payments for the said VPN services can be anonymous. Just the fact that they don't keep any logs is sufficient though, because if they do not keep any logs, that means that they have no records that can potentially link an IP address at a specific point in time to a specific account. That way, if a legal court order were to be handed to them asking to disclose what account was associated with a specific IP address at a particular point in time, they can legitimately say "Sorry, but we cannot give you something that we do not have."

Unlike just a proxy service or a browser extension add-on, a full VPN will tunnel ALL of your internet traffic through a secure tunnel before it can go out to the internet. Your provider cannot see what you are doing, as it is all seen as encrypted traffic to a VPN, and the servers on the other end of your connections are also unable to see your real location or IP address. A VPN will also help to get around different network censorship restrictions, such as restrictions by governments in certain countries, or even restrictions placed on content, sites, etc at free public WiFi locations.

So… In short, if you're really concerned with your privacy and anonymity on the internet, I would strongly encourage you to look into a VPN service. I'm using one right now because I'm at a friend's place, and he's borrowing his one shady neighbour's WiFi, so the added security is awesome.

This is really helpful. Thanks a lot, MM!