How does a private torrent tracker associate the downloader with my account?

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Hi, I was wondering how they do this and if there is a way to "cheat" the amount of data you are downloading or seeding.

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Yes! Private sites’ .torrent and magnet links know who you are so they can track your ratio.

Alright, for a moment I thought you meant the actual files I download

That wouldn't make sense tho