I was searching through the megathread (https://rentry.co/megathread) and I found that yts.mx and 1337x.to are labeled as ‘fake clones’. I have used both of these several times. But oddly 1337x.to is listed first under all purpose -> torrents.

Are yts.mx and 1337x.to considered unsafe? I have them in my prowlarr and wondering if I should remove them

  • Codename_gooseEnglish
    7·
    5 hours ago

    From personal experience yts.mx the site is full of ads redirects, etc. so using their site with proper ad, java blocking is a must, as for the files themselves having issues (viruses, worms, Trojans) I have not had issues as I scan everything in a secure space before adding to my server. And nothing has been detected so far.

    • bad_news@lemmy.billiam.netEnglish
      5·
      4 hours ago

      Last time I tried YTS they wouldn’t show magnet links anymore without you making an account (and during downtime they show IIS.NET errors, which is a pretty clear indication a large corporation is hiring contractors to run it) which seems VERY sketchy put together

      • Majestic@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        They previously sold out email addresses to an anti-piracy law firm which proceeded to extort penalty settlements from the holders of the accounts. This is why their upload bots were banned on leet x.

      • Codename_gooseEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        I use a seedbox to download the file from their site links for me, so I don’t see any of that anymore, so while I use their site I don’t directly interact with the torrent files or magnet links.