If you get the torrent from a site using HTTPS and get the data only from encrypted peers is it even possible to tell what people are downloading?
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If it was me, I'd snoop the DNS requests and/or SNI headers. Flag on torrent index sites and trackers known to be used for pirate stuff. They don't need to know exactly which paw patrol movie you're downloading, just that you are getting something from thepiratebay.
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Interesting, but torrents have legal uses so it shouldn't be too surprising. I've had data sets provided by torrent due to size, although it's not that common.
Do keep in mind, is a school Internet if it's on the dorm so this is probably more a warning than anything. It's not that different than trying to do illegal stuff on a library computer (or even legal stuff like porn. Don't do that on a school or work computer, lol).
I did find it interesting that my own school Internet in student apartments didn't have this problem, though. Iirc, that was because it was individually done via spectrum, not a campus intranet. My personalized orientation, the grad student showing me around even had pirating suggestions, lol.