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Comment by mixmastamyk

3 years ago

They knew the filename. May be a vulnerability in an external client app, not sure. Says it encrypts connections but must be leaking somehow.

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brobinson  3 years ago

Are you using torrents or something else?

If you downloaded a file over HTTPS, all they can see is the IP, domain name, and the amount of data transferred on a given connection.

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