Posting your screenshots of ratio can get you in to trouble

[taupact]

Posting your screenshots of ratio can get you in to trouble.

I have lost count how many times I have said this, some sites do not want you to give away invites to any Tom Dick and Harry especially top trackers, yet people do,fair enough whats the harm you say, I mean everyone wants to better themselves right and have the best trackers.

I totally agree with that but.......Posting your screenshots can get your account hijacked I won't demonstrate but trust me it can. I know its exciting to get loads of invites but you would not believe how easy it is to hijack an account with the details you provide. (especially some of the people on this site. speed,ip address,login name, site details e.t.c)

My advice is please be careful and only show the person giving the invites your screenshots.

[Barru]

Posting your screenshots of ratio can get you in to trouble.

I have lost count how many times I have said this, some sites do not want you to trade invites especially top trackers, yet people still do it,fair enough whats the harm you say, I mean everyone wants to better themselves right and have the best trackers.

I totally agree with that but.......Posting your screenshots can get your account hijacked I won't demonstrate but trust me it can. I know its exciting to trade and get free invites but you would not believe how easy it is to hijack an account with the details you provide. (especially some of the people on this site. speed,ip address,login name, site details e.t.c)

My advice is please be careful and only show the trader/person giving the invites your screenshots.

this is non-trading site...read the rules once again....

[taupact]

Ok I stand corrected the rest of the post still applies though. There are many hijackers out there that peruse sites like this every day dude.

*Amended :) :)

[DesignedDestiny]

Thanks for the FYI, I'll make sure to be careful...

[ellersly]

If i may add. If people want to post their screens in the thread make sure to blank out... Username, Any number after the decimal on your ratio and total up/download, and anything else that could help someone find out who you are. And to prove it is your screen you can always type your TI username or the invite you are applying for in the URL bar when u take the screen.
Example Screen: http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/857/tdly8.gif
Hope this helps :D

[taupact]

Nice bump ellersly thats the ticket! :santa:

[harishl20]

Thanks for the info.I will be careful.

[gigli]

Everybody need read this article.

[Lexi]

bunch oh yes

[birds]

right, we should more careful. net isn't that safe after all. especially these days ....

[Raven]

also always use a different screen name then you do on your trackers. no matter what. Cos the people who run the top sites look for this.

[KillerBoy]

Yeah,it's totally true m8! but after all it's based on how would you risk your accounts when taking screens for by not following a bunch of strict rules & procedures in hiding the most important details of that account...otherwise,IMO it's completely safe to do so as long as you are acting like a professional.

[torabora]

It sounds like a smart one of putting one's torrentinvite id in the search. Also i saw a few people did mention their email addresses on a few threads....

[dpds]

it may put you at risk if you show your username. just hide it. on the other hand your screens can be used by bad guys when cheating other ppl and luring invites from them.

[xPerfection]

great idea!

[merlin]

thanx good to know i was just wondering about that :)

[bhachuj]

Yeah,it's totally true m8! but after all it's based on how would you risk your accounts when taking screens for by not following a bunch of strict rules & procedures in hiding the most important details of that account...otherwise,IMO it's completely safe to do so as long as you are acting like a professional.

wat a hypocrite! he certainly risked his accs!

[Jim Bucksbury]

it may put you at risk if you show your username. just hide it. on the other hand your screens can be used by bad guys when cheating other ppl and luring invites from them.

I'm pretty new to all this, but on the few trackers I'm on, my status page shows a 'last activity' date, the last time I logged in to the site. It seems easy enough to take a screenshot whenever you're asked for a ratio, so if you are handing out invites and ask for a ratio screenshot, and someone gives you one more than a few hours old, ignore them.

[Ti-Fan]

Posting your screenshots can get your account hijacked

hijacked?? no..i do not think so.. at least no if u use a normal password and not something like 123456.

but you certainly need to hide details of the GBs and of course the name

[Master Razor]

Hide your name, time and date when you registered, up/dl statistics, passkey, inviter and that's about it. You might want to hide your nr of invites to stop people from sending you pm asking if you'll give the that certian invite.

[Nidu]

This thread has been very helpful. Being somewhat new to the private tracker community, this info will definitely come in handy. Thanks for the heads up T.i.

[son77jai]

thnks for ur help dude

[drnick0]

man im glad i came across this thread! i had recently posted up some stats, but have quickly edited them... i'll be more careful going forward!

[froggie]

Thanks for the information! Very useful. I especially appreciate the suggestion of making sure that screenshots are recent by checking the last activity date. Never thought to check that before. Thanks for all suggestions.

[Metroid]

I always am careful with everything I do.

[akshet]

just rub the username

[mschocolate]

thank you for the info, i'll be careful

[anuraagneo]

thanks for info

[alexiev]

thank you for the info

[tru23nyte]

i dont think ratio proofs work..i am mean cant someone just grab someone elses picture of their "good ratio" and pretend that its their own

[Penguin]

tru23nyte

easy way to get round that problem,
ask the person who you want a screen from to put your username in the url bar

[anatolakis]

yeah but you can ask for a full screenshot with something written on the search bar as a name and a date or something..

[shro0ms]

Thank you for the info! :)

[wza]

yeah but you can ask for a full screenshot with something written on the search bar as a name and a date or something..

i doubt that there's anything easier to photoshop than that :P

[possible]

interesting tips will use them

[Alucard]

well I can say I have made this mistake in the past.. and if I did not read this is something I guess I will not have looked at as bad and will have made this mistake again so thanks.

[shooter934]

ohhh ok ill remember it for next time

[cj7531]

everyone!!! it's right

[froggie]

If i may add. If people want to post their screens in the thread make sure to blank out... Username, Any number after the decimal on your ratio and total up/download, and anything else that could help someone find out who you are.

I understand how your username, ip, date joined,..etc can be dangerous. But why black out the numbers after the decimal on your ratio and ttl up/dl. Just curious.


And to prove it is your screen you can always type your TI username or the invite you are applying for in the URL bar when u take the screen.
Hope this helps :D

That is a great idea!! I will definitely do it from now on. Thx.

[DoMinator]

Nice thread guys n gals. Always good to know this stuff and protect yourself!!!

[phoenix]

I understand how your username, ip, date joined,..etc can be dangerous. But why black out the numbers after the decimal on your ratio and ttl up/dl. Just curious.



That is a great idea!! I will definitely do it from now on. Thx.


Black out the the decimals and everything so that if there is a staff member on here from the tracker, they can't easily trace you back by your ratio. It will be harder for them. At least that's why I think it's blacked out.

[NetSage]

Great information to know ;).

[belmoxy]

yes i got cought this way once :(

[glareofmine]

never thought of that nice but im using ubuntu on my server comp with nothing thats not accessable so idc haha

[CataracT]

ellersly
Thanks for your good advice
it seems no one else figure out more and/or better way
so i adupt your method

[Bob_Show]

Good advice! thanks

[bigbili786]

very true. i was reading to what exactly should be done but i cannot seem to remember where lol.
lucky enough, i already done some scrshots whilst i was reading it so if i ever need to post a screenshot now, i can just look back onto what needs to be covered etc..

[Arsener]

that's why this community should be harder to get into .

[tehNUGE]

I've (almost) always hid my username when posting ratio proofs, but never the numbers following the decimal. Glad I've never been caught and booted from my favorite trackers.

Why didn't I see this thread before? 249 out like 10,000 members have seen this post... that can't be good.

[D_DKnight]

Well, I don't know why you get into so much trouble for posting just a ratio.
If you blackout the site's name, and username, there should be no trouble.

[flamingcum]

great advice

[1prohacker]

thank for the alert , do u have a solution ? what should i do to get invites instead of showing photos ?

[taupact]

thank for the alert , do u have a solution ? what should i do to get invites instead of showing photos ?

You can show photos just make sure sensitive information is censored accordingly, also only show the photos to the person you want an invite from. Goodluck

[ADRIANORSR]

thank for the alert friend

[skviki]

i dont think ratio proofs work..i am mean cant someone just grab someone elses picture of their "good ratio" and pretend that its their own

Yep, Net is full of cheaters, ratio proof pictures is very easy to find and lot of people is very good in photoshop.
Screenshots is good for start, after that if you note sure always ask direct profil links of trackers, send him pm (on tracker), make a research of posts here... There is a many ways to be little more secure but never 100%.
Giveaway invites is always yours good will on your own risk.

[torrentsurfer]

always scrub out the URL as well as this will lead to your actual profile

[Tempest]

Some good advice in this thread, certainly a good read for new members

[neenu]

tx 4 d info sir

[Balkan_Baller]

this is important...many new users send proofs where you can see full profile and you can get banned becouse of that...so new members read this.!

[Andyn]

Agreed! It can get you into serious trouble for 2 reasons:
1. anyone can steal that screenshot and make it as their own
2. if you post a tracker where it is forbiden to trade or giveaway then you could get banned by the admins. It is forbidden to show your profile to anyone besides the guy who needs it for the giveaway.

[bahri20000]

Thanks for the info.I will be careful.

[bluesman58]

Thanks for the FYI

[TheExcalibur]

Wait a minute, I hope I am not sounding like a moderator, because I should not be, but isn't this a 'Site Suggestions/Feedback' thread? I do not see any real suggestions here, but then of course you could say you are 'suggesting' others to do something. I think you're helping users more than giving a proposition. So perhaps the Torrent Help-Section (http://torrentinvite.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/help-section-11.html) would be more appropriate... But what is your suggestion anyway?

[Prεsτo]

They're suggesting that you should be careful when posting your screenshots. Like if you were to unicycle across a very high bridge, I would suggest that you shouldn't look down. This is the appropriate section because it's giving feedback to the forum. This will help users but that's what this forum is also for. Suggestions (like theirs) help us all out. Feedback tells us what's going thru people's minds. The help section is more for a specific user, this is for everyone ;)

[koapet]

Thanks, I will take it into account this advice next time I take my screenshot

[itAyXD]

u just bump a old thread for just spam!

[Soulsinner]

It is forbidden to show your profile to anyone besides the guy who needs it for the giveaway.
so, why not sending the ratio proof via pm only to the inviter? :confused:

[babybutler]

this is great info thanks

[vpn0usa]

thank you
I will be careful

[ih82bealive]

ok thanks ill keep that in mind when i do my screen shots

[theory]

Not to sound too noobish, but I am surprised I have yet to find this article sooner. This explains a lot as to why I see in everyone's ratio proofs scribbled out info. This makes sense. Thank you for posting information so that I may understand this better. :)

[yorkie]

There isnt much people can do if you correctly edit your proofs before you post them.
Make sure you blank out every bit of your personal info like NAME,EMAIL,INVITES,CLASS OF USER,RATIO. Just be careful and always double check everything before you post screens or if the person lets you PM them to him/her especially on high level trackers.
Once the invite application is over then delete your screens.

[Pirate4Life]

Thanks For the info m8 :)

[tloving]

I liked this idea and i know that it is really easy for anyone to hack it. So, i will be careful and will not post my username. I think username should be covered rest will be ok, because everything depend on username.

[Jstbddngmtm]

It is better to be safe than sorry on the net. When I post proofs, etc. I only leave visible the information needed by the person(s) I want to see the image and block out everything else.

Only give 'em what they need and nothing else.

[NuKid]

HAcking accounts is soo f*** up but it happens, I have often wondered why people black out the decimals on their ratios, I will do this from now on as well.. very interesting read. I have always smudged out url's usernames, invites, etc. You need to be carefull, not every one out there has good intentions unfortunately. This thread should be stickied and placed somewhere where new members will be able to read it right away!

[navneet]

thx for the info I never relized how much information your sharing when you post those screenshots.

[aXXo]

i think i will only give my screenshot to person that i trust (ie my inviter)
if its not wrong to do here :D

[Super2cool]

Thanks for the info

[Hamzacan]

Thank You !!!! THank you :D xD

[piciupitik]

this information is very useful...if you are making a ss with your ratio be sure your actual ratio is not the same;download or upload something to confuse the hackers

[snowflake1600]

What exatcly are u suggestion as regards to the forum? I'm confused at what point your trying to make

[Manchester United]

this information is very useful...if you are making a ss with your ratio be sure your actual ratio is not the same;download or upload something to confuse the hackers
I Think he is trying to say that fake your ratio proof and cut copy paste it on it to make your actual ratio from 6.45 to 45.6 thats what i get .. through editing and i think thats against site rules ?

[RiThePirate]

I Think he is trying to say that fake your ratio proof and cut copy paste it on it to make your actual ratio from 6.45 to 45.6 thats what i get .. through editing and i think thats against site rules ?

Yes faking a ratio proof is 100% against the rules.

[Manchester United]

thankyou very much ............
Here we go again Spamming threads :S PLEASE USE THE THANKS Button .. or are you a archeologist ?

[raider]

we should all begin watermarking proofs as well - I plan on watermarking mine with time specific info and all the usual stuff blacked out...