“After the torrent is indexed robots monitor its seeding patterns. archives with ‘password at…’ links)? Does it contain content irrelevant to the type of torrent such as. “For example, was it found on trusted site? Does it contain fake-torrent patterns (i.e. “Both good and bad votes are initially cast by robots, based on a bunch of heuristics,” BitSnoop’s owner tells TF. While it’s far from 100% accurate, it helps users to cut through the weeds. The owner of BitSnoop told us that he was not aware of the fact that TPB is borrowing the work of his bots, but he doesn’t mind them doing so.īitSnoop has used the FakeSkan system for several years already. These bots identify good and bad torrents and serve as an extra check to verify whether or not a torrent is safe to download, as shown below. In addition to user reports TPB also borrowed an army of “bots” from competitor BitSnoop. As a temporary solution, it added a report button to the site so users could flag fake torrents themselves.īut that’s not all. The Pirate Bay noted that the changes were needed for security reasons. This created an influx of fake torrents driving downloaders to malware and other malicious content. Instead of using a crew of dedicated moderators, some of whom have been with the site for a decade, The Pirate Bay chose to restart as a solo operation. Behind the scenes, however, the site has undergone some drastic changes. On the surface there’s not much new, aside from a few 404 errors here and there. The Pirate Bay has been back online for a week and millions of users have been finding their way back to the popular torrent site.
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