Servarr wiki recommends no VPN? (piefed.social)

submitted 2 weeks ago by HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Yo ho me hearties,

I was reading through Servarr wiki's VPN Guide and saw this callout:

For most users, secure DNS is sufficient instead of VPNs and fixes indexer connectivity issues without the complexity and problems of VPN setups

Are VPNs no longer the recommended practice? I was under the impression a VPN was pretty much required for sharing stuff in a copyright-sensitive country. I'd be delighted if I could simplify my app stack.

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[-] Overspark@piefed.social 13 points 2 weeks ago

Also: VPN is only really needed for torrenting, and that's not the only way to pirate stuff. Usenet is perfectly fine to use without a VPN, since it's encrypted (TLS/SSL if you configure it right) and other parties can't just join your P2P network to see what you're doing.