torrenter

plural torrenters

1. A person who torrents files.

   […] while even the most dedicated former movie torrenters were happy with Netflix and its ilk.

   2019, Brian Feldman, “Piracy Is Back”, in New York Magazine

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   Episodes of Pushing Daisies, Sarah Connor Chronicles, and True Blood, which might appeal to young, affluent, and technically adept torrenters, have been leaked to the network to arouse buzz.

   2011, Elizabeth Evans, Transmedia Television: Audiences, New Media, and Daily Life

   To avoid detection, most torrenters will use a VPN to ensure that the torrenter's Internet address is hidden and the data stream is encrypted. The use of the VPN will help protect a torrenter from the ISP's knowledge of the unauthorized downloads, but it will not protect from malware being installed during the networking sessions.

   2022, Jon M. Garon, Parenting for the Digital Generation, page 175