That’s the question really. I hear the terms metadata and torrents thrown around all the time when talking about internet and privacy, but I don’t really understand them and when I tried googling torrents I was just confused. Can someone explain one or both like I’m 5?
Metadata is easily said as data about data.
You download ‘file.torrent’
Metadata contains what’s inside file.torrent, it’s size, location (IP address), folders etc…
Any .torrent file is basically a text file that holds information (metadata) and it what you want to download, and who is uploading it/where they are/what files/file size…etc
So, in really simple terms, meta data is like a customs declaration slip on a package?
yeah, that sums it up pretty well.