A Website that knows what you've illegally downloaded

A new website that keeps track of everything you download from
file-sharing sites could spell trouble for the scores of people who
steal copyrighted music and movies.



The site, Youhavedownloaded.com, does exactly what its name implies:
It keeps a huge database of millions of media files that have been
downloaded to tens of millions of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses from
file-sharing websites and services such as BitTorrent. When you visit
the site, it automatically scans your IP address and reveals what, if
any, files you've downloaded.

To date, Youhavedownloaded has a database of more 52,286,000 users
and 110,800 torrents made up of 1,918,000 individual files. A glance at
the homepage shows a small sample of what people have downloaded,
including the film "Spy Kids 4," the AMC show "The Walking Dead" and
season four of FX's "Sons of Anarchy."

The site was built as a proof-of-concept, Suren Ter-Saakov, one of its founders, told noted cyber security researcher Brian Krebs.
As such, it stops short of parsing through "dynamic" IP addresses,
which change and can be used to conceal one's online activities. The
site's servers don't store timestamps or gather personally identifiable
details either.

Despite its limitations and innocent nature, Youhavedownloaded.com
still has the capability to scare — or shame — people into thinking
before they blindly download pirated material.

Ter-Saakov said he received an email from someone who asked to have his information taken down "because he was downloading porn and was afraid his parents would be able to see what kind of files he downloaded."

Beyond calling people out, Krebs said the site highlights something
that's important but often overlooked among casual Internet users, which
is that file-trading networks "are an extremely common and easy way to
spread malicious software."

Skipping the ethical argument about downloading copyrighted material,
if you're on a file-sharing site, be very cautious about what you
download. There is no guarantee the song or TV show you think you're
getting is what it claims to be. Make sure your computer is outfitted
with anti-virus software, and to protect yourself even further, run all downloads through a malware-scanning program.

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Hi. We have no records on you.

Thats what it said when I went there lol

tl;dr

Honestly, this why I only use ThePirateBay...

uhoh. not visiting that site...

So why would anyone go to that site if they know they have been pirating?

RapLord81 wrote:So why would anyone go to that site if they know they have been pirating?

Exactly...I wouldn't recommend anyone going to this lol.

it told me everything i have downloaded.. oh fuk....


NAHHHHT i'm never going there hahhaa screw that

I couldn't resist going to the site...

Hi. We have no records on you.

This means you are using a private torrent tracker or, of course, you may not be a torrent user at all

jakes on them, I download all the time. LOOOOOOOOOOOL

Lol, I can go thru what other people have downloaded

Eminem Discography (992.47 MB)

wut the....fuck?

I'm tempted to click on the site tbh.

Lube wrote:I'm tempted to click on the site tbh.

DUU ETTT!!!!

post results.

Lube wrote:I'm tempted to click on the site tbh.

so am i.

I don't want to know, lol.

the site is shit.

ive downloaded atleast over 800gb of stuff and it only shows 2 files.

1 porn file and a episode of the Office.

ive def downloaded WAYYYY MORRREEE.

STRANGEgenius wrote:1 porn file

iSmackBabies666 wrote:

STRANGEgenius wrote:1 porn file

lolwut?

just said i downloaded yelawolf lol...damn but ive downloaded more than that! hmmm so whats the point of this? trying to scare us?

texasiopp wrote:just said i downloaded yelawolf lol...damn but ive downloaded more than that! hmmm so whats the point of this? trying to scare us?

i believe so.

Can I potentially get in shit if I go to this website?

Jake The Dog wrote:Can I potentially get in shit if I go to this website?

nupp.

STRANGEgenius wrote:

Jake The Dog wrote:Can I potentially get in shit if I go to this website?

nupp.

is that a yes or a no? lol

HopsinIsDope wrote:

STRANGEgenius wrote:

Jake The Dog wrote:Can I potentially get in shit if I go to this website?

nupp.

is that a yes or a no? lol

My thoughts exactly lol, that's why I didn't say anything

Jake The Dog wrote:

HopsinIsDope wrote:

STRANGEgenius wrote:

Jake The Dog wrote:Can I potentially get in shit if I go to this website?

nupp.

is that a yes or a no? lol

My thoughts exactly lol, that's why I didn't say anything

no you wont get in shit.

STRANGEgenius wrote:

Jake The Dog wrote:

HopsinIsDope wrote:

STRANGEgenius wrote:

Jake The Dog wrote:Can I potentially get in shit if I go to this website?

nupp.

is that a yes or a no? lol

My thoughts exactly lol, that's why I didn't say anything

no you wont get in shit.

tried it, and they ain't got shit on me