EU is making a new law which makes your IP the same as (something similar to) your social security number and they say piracy is going to receive a huge blow. Obviously I have no intention of stopping but now I'll have to start using a VPN, if I want to continue my way. However, I do not trust VPNs a lot and I do not like the idea of paying for them (I could just pay for the movie in the first place)

I looked into using Tor network to torrent but it seems like it'd be a hindrance to the network itself, which is going to be a huge inconvenience for other users. Additionally I know that even if I found a way to throttle my bandwidth to remove this problem, Tor isn't exactly made for this sort of thing anyways.

Now, obviously it doesn't have to be torrenting, but I would gladly hear any suggestions on how to avoid paying and getting movies and shows without being caught doing it. Truthfully I was only streaming from websites for many years, so I do not know a lot about torrenting vs direct downloading either. Thanks in advance for any responses.

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[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Free vpns sell your data. It’s why they’re free. Processor cycles and bandwidth cost money so if you want someone to use their processor cycles and their bandwidth to encrypt and route your traffic through their servers without clandestinely peeking, and using lawyers and advanced security techniques to ward off the police, you gotta pay them.

In order to seed torrents you need to have a port on your vpn endpoint that is accessible to the internet and gets passed to the computer running your BitTorrent client. This is called port forwarding. There are only so many ports, so a vpn provider that offers port forwarding will probably charge more and you might not be able to get certified hood classics like :42069 because someone is already using it.

I use airvpn for torrents but depending on your European country you might not be able to. There are other port forwarding vpns. The cost is cheap, most come out to less than $5 a month.

Most let you run multiple devices at the same time so you might have your computer at home torrenting through the vpn while you’re away at work browsing porno on the toilet connected to the vpn which lets you get past the work content blockers.

So… just pay for a port forwarding vpn.

[–] antipiratgruppen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I use airvpn for torrents but depending on your European country you might not be able to.

Why would it not be an option in some countries? Are you saying it's illegal or impossible to encrypt any traffic through a VPN while being in some of the countries, or what's the matter?

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 1 points 6 hours ago

I remember a while back the European country air is incorporated in passed an anti vpn law to prevent people from using them to stream soccer games (?). In compliance with the law, air said it wouldn’t offer services to people in that country.

So depending on what country the op is in and how the company is complying with the law, airvpn might not be an option.

[–] Banana_man@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know about the dangers of free VPNs, its why I haven't turned to those at all in the first place. Sure what you say could work but as far as I know no one can be entirely sure paid VPNs don't also sell your data. I'm pretty much aware that a properly used good VPN will make my life a lot easier but I don't like the idea of paying just for safe browsing. I want to see what other options are out there before I submit to that as a necessary evil. Thanks for the recommendations though.

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I tried a lot of the alternatives before switching to a vpn for torrenting.

For a long time I only used private trackers with encryption required and dht and whatnot off. It worked pretty good, especially with traffic shaping on the router.

If you really want to avoid paying money that’s where I’d start. The problem you’re gonna run into comes from how the law is used against piracy, who does it and how.

If I were gonna go that route today I’d set up doh or dot first. Both are free if you want to use mullvads servers.

Good luck.

[–] Banana_man@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago

I'll look into it, thanks.