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It seems legit for me and i've been on this static IP for 10 months and only downloaded some old NATGEO magazines that they're showing. I'd at least check no one is using your wireless, check the dates & see if someone is using a "free" VPN or something malicious?

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I'm the only user on this internet connection, I am pretty restrictive with what I run, my Unifi controller shows no unexpected devices in the last month (and that covers the time window the site claims), and my librenms graphs of my router's interfaces don't show any traffic spikes at the times the site claims that a torrent client was last seen.

edit: and I've been the only user of this static IP for a decade at this point.

I'd say that's pretty conclusive?

Looking around for some explanation and ending up on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT I can only assume your public IP is actually shared with your neighbors and it's not you, your wife or a hackerman downloading naughty films.

No, I have my own /32, /28, and /29 of IPv4, along with a /48 of IPv6 :)

Definitely dedicated just to me.

The obvious explanation is the site is wrong.

Approximately the same case here. I'm thinking the dates are not completely precise. Also the site shows announces and tracker requests, so there's no need for the whole stuff to have been downloaded. Requesting torrent info through a magnet link should land you on this page.

I share an IP with one person but the stuff showed (a dozen or so torrents) does not really check out: porn and genshin impact stuff (pretty common I guess), series in Korean and Russian, movies in Italian.

I live in France, and neighbouring IPs show a few movies or video games in French. I'll definitely double check my networks and Unifi controller for unexpected connection or torrenting. Parts of my network are less secured than others, but I pay close attention to the traffic...

Fyi as a Unifi user who recently implemented IPv6, be wary a number of the intrusion and detection alerts apparently do not work when IPv6 is enabled -- won't even detect unencrypted http requests.

They have a 'demo' command on their Help site to test it (that a bunch of people in the forum report doesn't work with v6, for years) might be worth double checking!

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