Hello. I downloaded some stuff quiet a few times. Always care to have a VPN (Mullvad and Proton) active and also integrate it as an interface in BitTorrent. Regularly checked my network for DNS Leaks and downloaded Test-torrents to check my IP. So I thought I should be safe. I had no problems the last 6 Months.
About 2 month ago I switched my OS to Linux. Because I didn’t was familiar with VPNs, Network Interfaces, etc. I stopped torrenting until I know what im doing.
One monthe later I bought a Homeserver and was planning to setup a little Seedbox to torrent 24/7. For training purposes I installed qBittorrent on a VM and downloaded some completely legal and official Linux Distribution. Never ever downloaded something which could cause a copyright issue.
Until I checked https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/ With my real, unprotected IP yesterday. As expected I saw that I downloaded the Linux distros. But between them, there showed up an entry for a Series and a Film that I never downloaded and dont even know. Timely very close together. In a period when I definitely didn’t downloaded anything.
Cause I’m from Germany it drives me crazy. How reliable are the infos from iknowwhatyoudownloaded.com?
Anyways, I will definitely contact my Lowyer if I find a letter in my letter box.
If you set your torrent client to only use the VPN network interface, it’s much more likely to be CGNAT. In other words it’s been some other customer.
If you still use BitTorrent, I’d recommend switching to qBittorrent. The former is outdated and ridden with ads compared to the more performant qBittorrent.
It doesn’t have to be CGNAT to be another customer. ISPs typically rotate people’s IP addresses every so often so you’re bound to share one with someone who pirated at one point.
Everywhere I’ve lived, it’s never changed, for years (current is 5 years).
I guess it really depends.
I’m in the US with Comcast and mine changes at least once every couple of months.