Originally Posted by Mortal_Coil

Being terribly concerned now about exposure probably isn't the most constructive thing; if a Demonoid user failed to use a good proxy service or real anonimizing service which doesn't keep records of users (see the recent T.F. article) they made themselves a fairly easy target. Let us not forget that the F.B.I. has gone after some of the well meaning people who participated in the mass "anonymous" attacks some time back, they have long memories and nothing that happens on the internet ever really goes away. How litigious this becomes is anyone's guess at this point but I think the best course of action would be to use this experience to smarten up a bit and protect yourself a little bit more than you think is necessary.

Best of luck to everyone!!

Proxies are not allowed on trackers and also not allowed on TI but you know this because you read the rules of this forum, right?

No one is at risk apart from the people who uploaded torrents their.
& they cannot go after each & every one person, just not possible.

I understand the point of view that they cannot go after everyone. I go back to my point regarding Anonymous and one it's peoples attacks a major online payment site. A free program was offered to ordinary folks for download which allowed the "horse power" of their systems to be used in the attack. The program itself ultimately, (through some manipulation and also some fairly poor coding), allowed the U.S. FBI to list the ip's of those who had downloaded and used the program for the attack. They then tracked down some of those who had taken part in the attack and prosecuted them successfully long after the event was over. This is a synopsis of a fairly long and more complex series of events but essentially accurate.

The main point is this, if a Demonoid user was not employing any safe guard for their identity, it is entirely possible that they are compromised. The government doesn't have to go after everyone they can simply make examples out of a few chosen individuals and publicize the hell out the resulting sentences to scare people away from "fair use". Why make it easier for them, why be complacent about security?

I am not saying run screaming into the night but be aware.

Originally Posted by Mortal_Coil

I understand the point of view that they cannot go after everyone. I go back to my point regarding Anonymous and one it's peoples attacks a major online payment site. A free program was offered to ordinary folks for download which allowed the "horse power" of their systems to be used in the attack. The program itself ultimately, (through some manipulation and also some fairly poor coding), allowed the U.S. FBI to list the ip's of those who had downloaded and used the program for the attack. They then tracked down some of those who had taken part in the attack and prosecuted them successfully long after the event was over. This is a synopsis of a fairly long and more complex series of events but essentially accurate.

The main point is this, if a Demonoid user was not employing any safe guard for their identity, it is entirely possible that they are compromised. The government doesn't have to go after everyone they can simply make examples out of a few chosen individuals and publicize the hell out the resulting sentences to scare people away from "fair use". Why make it easier for them, why be complacent about security?

I am not saying run screaming into the night but be aware.

Good reply but I would like to know that--No private tracker is going to last lifelong, there will be a time that they would be shutdown by authorities & authorities will get data of its users. What should we use for protection against this? Proxies are banned by most private trackers.

With the devil its hard to believe that the site is gone. I'm sure they saw this coming, and took the measures they needed to to ensure the Demon will rise again . . . They weren't idiots and as corrupt as the Ukraine is I'm sure they are letting the perfect storm play out however long it takes