You're being logged

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19474829

For right this reason I have always totally avoided any filesharing service and torrents. To me they are a digital version of honeypot traps.

"You don't have to be a mass downloader. Someone who downloads a single movie will be logged as well," said Dr Tom Chothia, who led the research.
"If the content was in the top 100 it was monitored within hours," he said. "Someone will notice and it will be recorded."

I am certain that you are also logged when downloading legal files, let's say a big mod, via a torrent. Just going there have you holding up a sign saying "Here I am, craving for your attention, please log me."

Alles Toifelszoich!

I welcome that they catch pirates that way. But this comes at a big price for the legally acting users.