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AFAIK trackers would randomly put IP addresses into the peer lists that they return, to provide plausible deniability for everyone[1]. If the site just grabs the peer list without validating them (ie. attempting a connection), that might be responsible for the false positives.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opentracker



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