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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[–] Ilandar@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes, Proton VPN is a better option if you require that feature.

[–] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or AirVPN.

[–] Ilandar@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I believe Private Internet Access also offers this feature if people need a cheaper alternative, although it comes with tradeoffs regarding trust and ethics.

[–] Paula_Tejando@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What tradeoffs? I can confirm PIA works fine with torrenting.

[–] Ilandar@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

As the other person said, the owners of PIA also own several other VPNs and their history prior to this was pretty bad. One of the biggest selling points for PIA, the "no logging tested in court" claim, also occured before these new owners took over so it's questionable whether that is as believable today. A big part of trust in privacy-related software comes from financial incentives and motivations driven by the business model, and the parent company does not have a good track record in terms of prioritising security and privacy above financial gain.

[–] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The parent company is Israeli-owned (and by an especially genocidal Israeli, and that's saying something), they have had several data loss/breach/sales controversies, injected malware through customers' browsers on purpose, and much more. Look up Kape Technologies.

[–] Paula_Tejando@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 day ago

Oh shit.

[–] rehydrate@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Proton only allows port forwarding on their paid tiers, and you still need to enable it and select a server that allows port forwarding.

I would simply use something a little less fishy and cheaper AirVpn you can pair over there also with montero and some other crypto

[–] Ilandar@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The majority of their servers support port forwarding. "Only available on paid tiers" is a completely meaningless crticism, because a) you wouldn't use a free VPN for torrenting unless you were an absolute moron and b) very few VPNs support torrenting in the first place because it requires so many resources. If you want a good VPN with port forwarding, you need to pay for it. Nothing about this makes Proton VPN "fishy".