why would one hide his IP-address before downloading torrent?
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IP addresses are identifying information – they are typically assigned to a single connection for a single account.
The owners of the content being torrented will often join the swarm, copy all of the IPs, and then send letters to the ISPs that allocated the IP addresses telling them to cease and deist. Your ISP may disable your connection or just hand over your information to them outright, leading to you being sued.
For this reason, many people who torrent use log-free VPNs. This way, when the content owner gets an IP address, it is the address of a VPN server in a different country that has no legal obligation to comply with the cease and desist.
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