The original post: /r/torrents by /u/TheKrzysiek on 2025-02-23 16:34:08.

I've been doing a bit of personal security check, and as a torrent user I've been thinking about them a bit.

I usually assumed that picking the most popular torrent with the most seeds would be safest, since having so many seeds means that all those people trust it.

But is that a valid way to judge safety? Is it possible to either fake it or for hackers to set up large ammount of their own seeders?