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I don't live in the US, so my ISP doesn't really seem to care what I torrent, but the megathread vehemently recommends to always use one. Since VPNs aren't cheap and I'm on a strict budget (wouldn't pirate otherwise), is it really that dangerous to torrent without one?

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[–] KingPyrox@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If using qBittorrent there is an anonymous option. Not sure if works well but I haven't received an ISP email in a long time since I set it

[–] SpaceCadet2000@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not sure if works well

You can check if something appears on https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/

[–] Aggy@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh wow, I have mullvad VPN and apparently it works perfectly. The list is just completely empty with the vpn off.

[–] KingPyrox@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you find mullvad? like in terms of speed/price/tracking

[–] Pulp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

All of those are great. They just removed port forwarding but barely anyone else has it anyways

[–] KingPyrox@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

hahaha I guess it doesn't work well then XD

Edit: Although, it doesn't have everything so maybe it works a little bit

For information on it: Anonymous Mode

[–] warboyziri@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@SpaceCadet2000 holy shit i didnt know this existed! also if i see something here that i didn't torrent does that mean someone in my apartment be torrenting?

Yes, if you have a static IP address. If you have a dynamic IP address you can just be seeing the other people who previously had that IP address. It will depend on your ISP.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Anonymous mode is NOT enough. It is just meant to enhance protections by anonymising your traffic as much a possible. But your data still leaks and is enough for people to persue you. For example, if you live in a flat share and you and your flatmate torrent, by turning on Anonymous mode your client's unique "finger print" is not shared, so it would be difficult to determine which of you did the downloading if you both use it. But you're still leaking information on what you're downloading so it can still be traced to your flat.

You need to use either a Proxy service or a full VPN service. And if you're sharing with other people then encourage them to do the same, or secure your internet connection at the source (you can set up VPNs to work on your router so ALL internet traffic is secured)