diff --git a/Anonymous-Mode.md b/Anonymous-Mode.md index c96fdca..b89500f 100644 --- a/Anonymous-Mode.md +++ b/Anonymous-Mode.md @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ -When enabled, qBittorrent will take certain measures to try to mask its identity. The exact functionality of Anonymous Mode depends on the version of qbittorrent (specifically, libtorrent) being used. +When enabled, qBittorrent will take certain measures to try to mask its identity. The exact functionality of Anonymous Mode depends on the version of qBittorrent (specifically, libtorrent-rasterbar) being used. -If you're using I2P, a VPN or a proxy, it is recommended that you enable anonymous mode. +If you're using VPN, proxy or I2P, you probably want to enable Anonymous Mode. ## qBittorrent v3.3.0+ -* The peer-ID will no longer include the client's fingerprint. -* The user-agent will be reset to an empty string. -* Other identifying information will not be exposed, such as your local listen port, your IP etc. +* The peer-ID will no longer include the client's fingerprint +* The user-agent will be reset to an empty string +* Other identifying information will not be exposed, such as IP, listening port, etc. -You may enable additional identity-masking features with the [Disable connections not supported by proxies](https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/Disable-connections-not-supported-by-proxies) option. +You may enable additional identity-masking features with the ["Disable connections not supported by proxies"](wiki/Disable-connections-not-supported-by-proxies) option. ## qBittorrent v2.9.0 - v3.2.5 -These versions of qBittorrent may make use of a version of libtorrent below 1.0.0. If so, enabling Anonymous Mode will enable all of the aformentioned features, plus some additional ones: +These versions of qBittorrent may make use of a version of libtorrent-rasterbar below 1.0.0. If so, enabling Anonymous Mode will enable all of the aforementioned features, plus some additional ones: * Disables Local Peer Discovery * Disables DHT @@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ These versions of qBittorrent may make use of a version of libtorrent below 1.0. * Only talks to http(s) trackers via (any) proxy * Only talks to udp trackers via SOCKS5/I2P proxy -These additional features have since been migrated to the _Disable connections not supported by proxies_ option in later versions of qBittorrent. \ No newline at end of file +These additional features have since been migrated to the "Disable connections not supported by proxies" option in later versions of qBittorrent.