From his telegram
I will be releasing a torrent file that should be spread to as many people as possible. Please only use torrent if you absolutely know what you are doing. It is possible to dox yourself with torrents if you don’t correctly setup your security.
edit: Don’t stay up late waiting for this torrent, it is still being prepared and needs hours to complete.
If one person holds an important file, that person is an easy target. If a million people hold an important file, the file becomes an impenetrable shield for all.
Unless it's a cellphone keeping it powered down and never turning it on is likely to be sufficient for a laptop and probably for a wifi only tablet as well
If I were the original uploader of something that could get me killed I would do this and also use a YAGi antenna to connect to the public wifi at a greater range and guaranteed to be outside of ANY cameras even close to the hotspot and I would use TOR as well, that would be proportionate to the risk and action, but overkill for being one of many downloading something.
Feds own all TOR exit nodes though, no?
Aren't many hosted by volunteers?
Well put!