Funds are limited at the moment and i’d rather not have a monthly subscription to worry about.
i’m not in the US, if that changes anything
There’s a lot of equations that go into this.
- Where are you located? A lot of countries don’t enforce laws - Switzerland, Poland, and Spain even permit torrenting for personal use. Third world countries are usually pretty safe.
- What internet are you using? If you’re on your own WiFi at home, a VPN is mandatory if you don’t want nasty letters. But if you’re doing it on, say, Macca’s WiFi, you’ll be fine. Bit of a dick move if a lot of other people are using the internet, though. It’s also worth noting that some internet providers not only prohibit it, but also detect any BitTorrent usage.
- What are you torrenting? More obscure torrents are less likely to have bots scanning for IPs.
- Are you seeding? Seeding and/or uploading torrents without a VPN is insanely risky, because not only does it expose your IP for longer, you’re also committing the crime of sharing copyrighted content (which is prosecuted far more often than merely downloading), so unless it’s a torrent that’s close to dying, your best bet would be to leech and run.
It really depends on your country and ISP.
I use a private tracker and never get any mentions from my ISP because the studios aren’t on the private trackers to search for IPs because they don’t get invited and also would get banned for not seeding.
I made the mistake of using a public tracker to download something I couldn’t find on my private tracker and got forwarded a DMCA notice the next day by my ISP.
third world? yes. Europe or US? no
It’s just Germany, the rest of Europe (EU and non-EU) doesn’t actively care about them unless it’s cp.
Eastern Europe would be a yes. I know Germany is super anal about copyright but dunno about the rest of the EU.
I use it in croatia, but its so funny here since no one really cares. people around me torrent on daily basis for 20ish years and nobody got ISP letter. Even friends are laughing because I spend money on that lol. Its only 5€ a month and I use it for other things as well. Just get it if you can or 🤞
Private trackers.
And the more exclusive the private tracker the safer you are
I wouldn’t rely on that being mole free. Check your tracker’s rules before using a VPN. They might require a static IP.
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I2P has a built in torrent client.
But you need a computer running 24/7. With i2p, the longer your session runs, the better the connection.
Maybe I am dumb, but I can’t find anything on i2p. And all the sites load incredibly slowly…
Postman tracker is the main one on i2p.
And the longer your i2p runs, the faster its connection.
For grabbing a torrent anonymously, there is nothing better.
Tribbler has a similar idea, but as they state in their website nothing has actually been tested against a motivated hacker earning big bucks from Hollywood. And their default settings just expose your ip address.
Depends on country. Depends on ISP. Look for how your ISP reponds to such things. Should be able to find info on that, I’d hope.
Depends on the country, in Russia I have been pirating without a VPN for over a year without problems.
Unless you have a botnet and use your bots as proxy… No.
im pretty sure no one who is able to aquire or already possesses a botnet would be asking such a question lmao
Depends on the country. I once got some people in trouble when I passed through Germany because I didn’t know internet is heavily censored/surveilled there. Haven’t had trouble anywhere else though. Do some research on your country.
The biggest threats come from the movie industry. Just use streaming sites for movies and series, torrent the other stuff.
Look into Tribler, I2P and Utopia.
I’ve never used a VPN, except I guess for work, and never heard boo out of anyone over where I chose to park my ship
Look I2P. Don’t know for sure. But read somewhere that it can be used for privacy.
Slow, limited options, but great anonymity and free.
Debrid services are usually cheaper (as low as $2.5/month), but you’re limited to public trackers with them.
I let me VPN lapse a day and my ISP reported 11 takedowns. They warned me (because they don’t want to lose a customer). Blocklists aren’t good enough anymore.
