Or at least, that's what it claims. We all know that without proper protections, downloading content from the BitTorrent network is an action as public and open as any other on the Internet. However, the portal "I Know What You Download" tries to make this evident. Its database extends to about 500,000 torrents and more than 70 million IP addresses. There is a possibility that your address won't return any results, but if you've had significant activity in recent days, you might want to give it a try…
For many users, downloading series and movies from the BitTorrent network is the only way to access that content in a timely manner. Certain legal services have managed to gain a lot of ground, but the restrictions in their catalogs are a bitter point that most are not willing to accept. As a Valve executive said in early 2009, "pirates" are nothing more than poorly served customers. If video streaming responded with the necessary speed at a reasonable price, the story would be very different. Until that happens, BitTorrent will continue as the primary source of downloads for millions around the globe. The only problem is that those downloads are not exactly private, unless a proxy, a VPN, or a seedbox intervenes.
That exposure is proven through "I Know What You Download", a portal that records BitTorrent downloads associated with a particular IP address. You just need to click on "IP info" to get the information, and if the site has nothing on your IP, it will offer the possibility to click on similar addresses that do have linked downloads. The site contains approximately half a million torrents in its database, along with an average of 70 million IP addresses. Of course, that is not enough to cover all the activity of the BitTorrent network, and the results may become invalid within minutes (courtesy of dynamic IPs and multiple users under the same address).
Another feature of I Know What You Download is generating "spy links" to share on the network. When someone clicks on that link, their BitTorrent activity will be visible, without compromising their IP address. The site's managers indicate that it was created as a demonstration, which essentially points to their plans to offer their services to different agencies and organizations.
