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.
Ok, you are correct on these points. Correct on all of them.
However, that is no excuse for you leaving yourself as a low hanging fruit. I'm not leaving my wallet out on the hood of my car in an empty parking lot in the middle of no where because I don't think anybody will be around to steal it.
Nobody on January 6th did anything outright illegal beyond trespassing. This is a slap on the wrist crime, yet they are sitting in solitary confinement right now. The government is looking to make examples of people for being lax on their personal security.
Chatting here probably puts me on the bottom of the list. However, if the government goes full dystopian and wins, when they start clearing that list out I'll eventually make it to the top of it.
So I say its best to keep yourself as protected as possible. No, there is no reason to setup a shack in the middle of death valley and recycle your water to survive, but its no reason to leave your doors unlocked either.
That's perfectly fair. But again, if you're looking to keep yourself from being a target, then the last thing you want to do is add your computer to the network distributing this thing. Downloading it directly and not becoming part of the distribution network would be enormously safer.