Who Knows What Youhavedownloaded.com?
Summary: A site called youhavedownloaded.com has recorded more than 50 million unique Internet addresses belonging to file-sharing users and lets anyone search the titles associated with an address, automatically checking visitors' own addresses against the database. Its co-founder Suren Ter-Saakov, who says the site indexes about 20 percent of file-sharing activity and was built as a proof-of-concept for under $300 a month, acknowledges the data can be wrong because dynamic addresses change and NAT hides multiple users behind one public address.
Why it matters: A public database tying IP addresses to downloaded titles exists whether or not it is accurate, and its own founder says his servers could store timestamps and machine or browser fingerprints that would identify individual users more precisely - he simply chose not to spend the money.
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