DJ aka GDR DJ Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Who Knows What Youhavedownloaded.com? You may have never heard of youhavedownloaded.com, but if you recently grabbed movies, music or software from online file-trading networks, chances are decent that the site has heard of you. In fact, you may find that the titles you downloaded are now listed and publicly searchable at the site, indexed by your Internet address. In many ways, the technology behind the site merely recreates in a publicly searchable way what the entertainment industry has been doing for years: It tracks and records information that users share when they download and upload files on public peer-to-peer file-trading networks. But the free service does have the potential to make people think twice about downloading pirated movies, games and music, because it shows how easily this information can be discovered and archived. So far, youhavedownloaded.com has recorded more than 50 million unique Internet addresses belonging to file-sharing users. The site is searchable by file name and by Internet address. When you visit, it automatically checks and lets you know if your Internet address is in the database. Youhavedownloaded.com offers only limited information about its founders. One of them is Suren Ter-Saakov, a Russian native who now lives in a suburb of Philadelphia. I first interviewed for a Ter-Saakov story I wrote in 2009 about the Federal Trade Commission's unprecedented takedown of troubled Web hosting firm Triple Fiber Network (3FN). The FTC alleged it was hard to find any customers at 3FN had that legitimate, legal content. Ter-Saakov, better known in the industry as Russian Webmasters Mauser, disagreed and successfully sued the FTC to retrieve his domains and servers. Ter-Saakov said He Believes youhavedownloaded.com indexes about 20 percent of the file-sharing activity on the Internet. He maintains that the site was created Merely as a proof of concept, and that it does not have any commercial application. "The whole thing started with a theoretical discussion I had with some friends about what is possible through software to track and what is not possible," Ter-Saakov said in a phone interview. The database has some serious limitations. For starters, it may contain incorrect information because it does not take into account that many Internet users have "dynamic" addresses that change from time to time. So many homes and businesses use routers that employ network address translation (NAT), Which can hide multiple users behind a single public-facing internet address, so that a single Internet address listed in the database may reflect file-sharing activity of multiple different users. Ter-Saakov said his servers could store timestamps, machine / browser fingerprints and other data that might help more accurately identify individual users. But he said adding those enhancements would make the project more expensive, and that he and his friends had sought to put together the best system they could for less than $ 300 a month. "If we wanted that to make it more sophisticated or be able [to be able to track a greater share of file-sharing] users, it's going to be more expensive, and we see no reason to do." The feedback from visitors has been mixed. The site Allows Facebook users to comment on their impressions, and the responses range from horror to amusement and anger. Ter-Saakov said he's received so many emails from users whose information was listed but who deny having downloaded any files (he said so people can have their information removed on request). "One guy claimed he downloaded stuff only because his grandmother was ill and he wanted to watch a Harold & Kumar movie to cheer himself up," said Ter-Saakov. "Another kid wrote and said asked to have his information removed because he was downloading porn and was afraid his parents would be able to see what kind of movies he downloaded." I'm often asked Whether I download movies, music and software from file-trading sites. My answer tends to be an unpopular one, but I believe most of this activity is simply wrong and unethical. I know plenty of people who would never dream of five-fingering items from a store, or walking out on a restaurant tab, but who routinely turn to file-sharing networks to download copyrighted content. Whether or not you agree with my views on this subject, it's important to remember that file-trading networks are at extremely common and easy way to spread malicious software Source DJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JoeDirt Posted December 13, 2011 Administrators Share Posted December 13, 2011 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! It happens. Please, entertain yourself. Feel free to see what other people have downloaded. The search box is on the top. If you have any friends who use torrents, use it to scare them off. We also have a widget that you can install in your website, blog or Facebook page. Or you can just send them a link to this site. They will see a table similar to what you see below. The only difference — they will see their downloads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ aka GDR DJ Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Hi. We have no records on you. the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wifestein Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Hi. We have no records on you. lolololol.. im unvisible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnl Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) dam, they have on file one me. hahahaha wow Hi. We have no records on you. lolololol.. im unvisible you mean "invisible" Edited December 13, 2011 by ajnl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wifestein Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 you mean "invisible" D: typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**MrDeaTh. Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 They are talking about dynamic IPs , which downloaded recorded torrents. @ Alexandra , Stop Spaming or I shoot you !! Thx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnl Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 D: typo Just saying hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JoeDirt Posted December 13, 2011 Administrators Share Posted December 13, 2011 dam, they have on file one me. hahahaha wow Psych Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedfact Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 D: ive been caught...dam porn sites... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 No record on me. What a relief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnl Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Psych How the heck do u know!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wifestein Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 D: ive been caught...dam porn sites... Periodsauce porn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 How the heck do u know!?! He searched for your IP I can see also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnl Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 He searched for your IP I can see also. i feel like a complete noob, but how did u find my IP? Periodsauce porn? ugh dont go there again lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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