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[+] scytale@lemm.ee 104 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 11 points 2 weeks ago

Brazil and most Latin American countries are also safe pirate havens, unless you set up a for-profit piracy site, then you're painting a huge target on your head.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You can also just direct download games without a VPN.

100% safe?

No, but uh, ISPs have so heavily switched over to monitoring torrents, they kind of forgot the other option exists.

(I'll update this with a -whoops I got fucked- if that happens, but I've been doing this for half a year now, no problems.)

Another option is I2P for either direct dls or torrents, no subscription fee, but it is quite slow.

[-] Turret3857@infosec.pub 92 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

$14.99 Netflix subscription

$11.99 Gamepass subscription

$11.99 Spotify Premium subscription

Want more than one networks programming? Hulu/Max/Paramount/Peacock all cost around the same

ISP still sells your damn data to advertisers

OR

$5 Mullvad subscription.

You tell me what makes more sense.

[-] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Unfortunately I cannot recommend Mullvad for Torrenting. They blocked port forwarding, making seeding and thus contributing back to the network that much slower

I just went for ProtonVPN since (next to iVPN I think) it's the only other one to at least be partially OSS and still viable for daily-use

[-] Turret3857@infosec.pub 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thats fair, and I agree with you for torrenting, its the one thing I wish they'd change. For privacy though, I feel like Mullvad is leading the pack. (Not having to provide an email, crypto and/or cash payments, DAITA)

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes shame about Mullvad. AirVPN still allows port forwarding though.

Now days I just stick to private trackers while using a cheap European VPS setup with wireguard. Only saves me a couple of bucks a month compared to VPN service but it adds up.

[-] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 2 weeks ago

It's hella cheaper tho

[-] Pechente@feddit.org 18 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah and something that is useful for all kinds of situations like circumventing geo-blocking as well. So it's always a good idea to have a VPN.

[-] proceduralnightshade@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 weeks ago

I may or may not have torrented so many games, software, movies and albums without any VPN. It went well for years until we got one of those letters.

[-] Thteven@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Woops, looks like I left my Wi-Fi network open. Must have been my neighbor ;)

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago

You also need an ISP, which isn't free either.

If you have a non-sucking ISP, you don't need a VPN. But a VPN is incredibly cheap, so just lump it in mentally with the cost of the internet service.

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[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No money, no friends? Maybe that a signal it's time to take a break from the screen

[-] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Going outside when you're nowhere near a city:

A man (Mr. Bean) in a suit and tie is standing in a field of flowers looking at his wristwatch... with cuts of him playing with grass while sitting on the ground, standing and looking at the horizon, and then laying down on the ground with eyes closed

(in USA at least)

[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

That's all of Alberta CA I think

[-] flippinfreebird@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

You've never gone tromping through the woods?

[-] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

instructions misunderstood. Bear is playing doom Eternal with me. Please help.

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[-] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 7 points 2 weeks ago

Kind of (300+ miles on the trail), though I've never found anything close to a friend or a money.

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[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid 17 points 2 weeks ago

protonvpn

[-] puppycat 26 points 2 weeks ago

until proton's ceo was all "o captain my captain" about trump and the "good things" that trump is doing

[-] sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

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[-] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 weeks ago

Mullvad vpn

[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago

Mullvad lost me when they stopped allowing port forward

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[-] Bruhh@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Direct downloads are fine enough. No need for vpn.

Edit: Depends on your location. US is fine with ddl

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Depends on where you are. Don't try that in Germany, you'll get a hefty fine.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

A fine for pirating? How awful.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, we just get a notice from the ISP, if that.

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[-] NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

Use Tor Or a pretty good free vpn like ProtonVPN. Just not a "free" one. Looking at VeePN with disgust

[-] Anivia@feddit.org 19 points 2 weeks ago

Please do not use Tor for piracy, you're taking up valuable bandwidth that people in authoritarian countries need to fight government censorship and surveillance

[-] Zetta@mander.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This, and if you're downloading a large game, it might take a few months over a Tor.

[-] artiman@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

protonvpn free tier doesn't support P2P

[-] NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

sh*t

Uhh ignore the example, idk a free vpn that supports P2P.

[-] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, basic torrenting can be done without P2P. It just takes more time and fewer torrents work.

[-] AuroraB 6 points 2 weeks ago

You shouldn't torrent through tor, however, i2p has built in torrents

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Can't you borrow games at the library?

[-] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

You can also torrent games at the library

[-] Chev@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

In Austria you totally can and it costs € 30 / year. But for the new ones you can simply torrent them because nobody cares here.

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[-] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 8 points 2 weeks ago

Read the megathread ffs, use ProtonVPN

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[-] bamboo_muncher@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

If you live in a country that requires a vpn to torrent, you can probably afford video games.

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[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago

Lifetime VPN sub. Makes it a one-time purchase.

[-] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 weeks ago

This sounds as unsustainable as free vpns

[-] brrt@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago

Because it is. Just recently some VPN provider I already forgot the name of cancelled all lifetime subscriptions. There were multiple posts on Lemmy about it.

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[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

This is always such a stupid take. Just force fully encrypted traffic in your torrent client... No VPN necessary.

[-] missphant 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is wrong, torrenting is mostly caught by reviewing the peers list of torrents with infringing content, not analyzing the traffic. Only a VPN (or Seedbox) masks your IP, or alternatively private trackers are rare to get monitored.

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