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by Dah00n 961 days ago
Trackers do poison the data, but if a lot is showing up, then I'd doubt you are the only user of the IP or that your network is secure. I do use torrents, but only private sites, and there are zero data on my IP. Lots and lots of data on all the neighbouring IPs.
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Any source on trackers poisoning this data? I assume if that were common, requesting a few blocks from a provided IP address could let you know if they're really seeding that torrent.

Adding fake entries from certain IP ranges would be quite funny, and a good example of the data not being trustworthy.

I read somewhere the Pirate bay did it, but I can't remember where. I'll add it if it turns up, but that was a long, long time ago.
Only 5 entries this time, so I favour poisoned data, personally.

edit: it always shows random stuff every time this one comes up!