Tbh though, I feel like in this day and age they're gonna have a hard time cracking down on torrents. VPNs are easier to use and more accessible than ever. Just remember to recommend VPN usage when someone asks about trackers, torrent programs, etc.

Edit: also this is pure bullshit, I can't believe anyone actually believes this in this day and age:

In his speech on Tuesday, Rivkin highlights what a major problem piracy in the US has become, saying it costs “hundreds of thousands of jobs” and “more than one billion in theatrical ticket sales.”

Pretending it actually does hurt ticket sales, you know damn well companies wouldn't use the money to hire more people, Rivkin. They'd use the money to find new ways of cutting costs, aka jobs.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if there's a way to obscure IPs on the side of a torrent tracker. Like an inverse VPN.

The torrent protocol is peer-to-peer, all clients connect directly to each other. The tracker is just there to tell how clients to connect to each other, and that requires IP addresses.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago

I don’t think that’s true for I2P torrents; there are a number of hops between you, the tracker and peers.

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