It turns out there are a number of problems with this approach: #1: Peerblock blocks way too many peers The idea is that if you can identify specific ‘undesirable’ IP addresses, which may be belong perhaps to malicious users, governments, or monitoring agencies who may sell bittorrent data to the highest bidder, you can block these connections, thereby making downloading torrents ‘safer.’ Peerblock allows users to choose from 3rd party ‘blocklists’ (some are free and some are available for purchase) which are essentially huge databases of IP addresses that will be blocked when Peerblock is activated. Peerblock is free software that is often used by p2p and bittorrent users for the intended purpose of making their downloads more ‘anonymous’ by blocking peer connections from certain IP addresses. TLDR Peerblock lets you block specific torrent peers based on their IP-address. What is Peerblock?įor those that aren’t familiar with Peerblock, here’s a quick introduction: You’ll also learn which tool is vastly superior for protecting privacy while torrenting.
We’ll explain all of these weaknesses (and more) in this guide. Peerblock doesn’t hide your IP address from connected peers.Peerblock doesn’t encrypt your torrents.Blocklists are inefficient (block too many peers).In fact, we believe that Peerblock does more harm than good while torrenting, and does almost nothing to improve your privacy. Their (unwarranted) popularity is due almost entirely to the cost (free) rather than their effectiveness (minimal). IP-blocker such as PeerBlock (and Peer Guardian) are a popular ‘solution’ for downloading torrents safely.
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