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Comment by kbody | Hacker News Reader

https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/en/peer/?ip=192.168.0.1

>> Torrent downloads and distributions for IP 192.168.0.1: Distributes child pornography, Static IP, Likes porn

I wonder if they share their data with law enforcement, because there appears to be al lot of valuable data to be mined in the DHT swarms. This service reminds me of the crux in the most recent south park season.

* SPOILER *

Wherein world-order is threatened by the 'troll-trace' program that will expose the on-line behaviour of everyone.

* END

The collection method here do not actually verify if the information given by the DHT network is correct, which should be rather obvious when the data include invalid IP addresses. A node when receiving a GetPeer request can simply make up any claims they want.
Of course law enforcement don't operate on guaranties and even weak evidence can help if a already suspected person is involved in an investigation, but its important that we distinguish between weak evidence vs strong evidence. The GetPeer reply is about as good as an anonymous tip arriving by email.

Seems possible, check this out:
https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/en/criminals/

I guess the intersection of peer IP addresses for all the infohashes listed above (better, for the whole 192.168.0.0/24), from the DHT network, will be tremendously interesting... for someone... :)
Sort of "IKnowWhoKnowsWhatIDownload".

What does that mean? Surely that is not the site owner's history?

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