I've read that Switzerland is safe for torrenting, so I was thinking about using Infomaniak. Does anyone has experience with seeding torrents from their IP addresses ? I'm also interested in other suggestions.

Thank you :)

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[–] RiQuY@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

BuyVM for sure, but maybe you should look for seedboxes, not VPSs.

[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 2 points 2 months ago

I want to use my own storage at home. I'm not gonna pay for several TB of storage on a seedbox when I already have the HDD

[–] abacabadabacaba@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ihostart has cheap VPS offers, and they explicitly allow torrents.

[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 3 points 2 months ago

Thank you. I'm definetly gonna check it out

[–] tuhriel@infosec.pub 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just a heads up about switzerland:

downloading movies and music is not illegal, but
uploading is
also download and upload of copyrighted software is illegal

[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 3 points 2 months ago

Thank you for the clarification.

I've also read that it's illegal in Switzerland to gather IP addresses because they are considered sensitive PII. Do you know about this, and does it protect me in any way if I use a swiss datacenter IP for seeding my torrents ?

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you considered getting a VPN provider and running something like a container set up to run all the traffic through the VPN? Some even offer port forwarding.

It’s basically free for me since I’ve already been paying for the VPN for other use, and that device would be on anyway to serve Plex.

[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 3 points 2 months ago

I've considered it and ruled it out. That's why I'm specifically asking for a VPS to install my own VPN own.

I'm really not interested in paying 5+€/month when I can build my own for a fraction of that cost

[–] nickiam2@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As others have pointed out, just get a VPN and run your torrents through that. I've used AirVPN and ProtonVPN. Both are P2P friendly and even offer inbound port forwarding. It would be easier to setup and likely cheaper too. Proton is incorporated in Switzerland and has servers all over the world.

[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 9 points 2 months ago

This does not answer the question I asked. I've already considered a commercial VPN and I've ruled it out (clearly not cheaper, unless you can find a decent VPN with port forwarding that costs less than 2€/month)

[–] halm@leminal.space 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had similar plans, but I opted for a seedbox instead. It gives me some peace of mind not torrenting on my own IP.

[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I want to use my own storage at home. I'm not gonna pay for several TB of storage on a seedbox when I already have the HDD

[–] halm@leminal.space 2 points 2 months ago

That's fair. Similar situations, different conclusions 🙂

[–] CaptSpify@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've long been a fan of edis: https://www.edis.at/

[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, I'm going to check it out

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 months ago

I wouldn't recommend edis, they are great if you are looking for lesser known countries to hosr something. They are shit in everything else, namedly prices, low-bandwidth (1 tb is nothing if you are planning to torrent), bad support.

Switzerland isn't great when it comes to piracy, Romania, Moldova, Luxemburge, France, Canada are better. You can get cheap vps that won't care on buyvm or alexhost.

[–] Teddy@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tailscale?

[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 4 points 2 months ago

As far as I know, tailscale still requires me to set up my own exit node

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oracle has a Forever Free tier that I use to host my VPN gateway. It's been running fine for years now.

[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are you using it to seed torrents ?

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, only for Wireguard. For torrents I use Mullvad from my home line.

[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 1 points 2 months ago

I've read somewhere Mullvad no longer offers port forwarding. Do you still manage to seed without it ?