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

  • Majestic@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 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.

    • bad_news@lemmy.billiam.netEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Yeah, I heard that. Part of why I assume they’re a honeypot. Not that I didn’t use them before requiring accounts. If you tor to a honeypot with best practices, good luck tracking…