We recommend you to not use the <x id="START_TAG_STRONG"/>root<x id="CLOSE_TAG_STRONG"/> user to publish your videos, since it's the super-admin account of your instance. <x id="LINE_BREAK"/> Instead, <x id="START_LINK"/>create a dedicated account<x id="CLOSE_LINK"/> to upload your videos.
The main threat to your privacy induced by BitTorrent lies in your IP address being stored in the instance's BitTorrent tracker as long as you download or watch the video.