I was searching through the megathread (https://rentry.co/megathread) and I found that yts.mx and 1337x.to are labeled as 'fake clones'. I have used both of these several times

Are yts.mx and 1337x.to considered unsafe? I have them in my prowlarr and wondering if I should remove them

Edit: I was wrong 1337x is not labeled as a fake clone, I misread the fake clone which is 1377x

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[–] Codename_goose@sh.itjust.works 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

From personal experience yts.mx the site is full of ads redirects, etc. so using their site with proper ad, java blocking is a must, as for the files themselves having issues (viruses, worms, Trojans) I have not had issues as I scan everything in a secure space before adding to my server. And nothing has been detected so far.

[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Last time I tried YTS they wouldn't show magnet links anymore without you making an account (and during downtime they show IIS.NET errors, which is a pretty clear indication a large corporation is hiring contractors to run it) which seems VERY sketchy put together

[–] Majestic@lemmy.ml 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

They previously sold out email addresses to an anti-piracy law firm which proceeded to extort penalty settlements from the holders of the accounts. This is why their upload bots were banned on leet x.

[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 1 points 11 hours ago

Yeah, I heard that. Part of why I assume they're a honeypot. Not that I didn't use them before requiring accounts. If you tor to a honeypot with best practices, good luck tracking...

[–] Codename_goose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I use a seedbox to download the file from their site links for me, so I don’t see any of that anymore, so while I use their site I don’t directly interact with the torrent files or magnet links.

[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 1 points 11 hours ago

If the link is never exposed, how does your seedbox see it without an account? And are you x remote desktopping Firefox from your seedbox? i'm confused...