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[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I maybe wasn't clear. I have SABnzbd setup with the provider correctly (got it to download one file I found successfully). What I mean is can I set the indexer websites to only show stuff that's avaliable from my backbone as I only have one usenet provider on the Omicron backbone.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 0 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I've seen torrents easily saturate 350 Mbps connections. Speed is actually one of the advantages of bittorrent protocol and has inspired things such as Windows peer to peer update feature.

I've actually been having problems with downloads from an indexer (nzbplanet) that don't download. I wonder if I have something configured wrong. I am not sure how to tell an indexer site what provider and backbone I am on.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz -1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

People keep saying Usenet has better speed but I am not buying that. I regularly match the speed of my internet connection.

As for avaliability I am not sure. I am aware that there is limited retention time with usenet and that their are multiple "backbones". How does this effect the avaliability of downloads?

This is also why peer block was invented. To stop people connecting to honey pots.

Yeah they have tried that before and never got it passed or implemented afaik. Honestly the people of my country need to burn half the government down and start again. It's just sad. Still doing better than the US somehow.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I get what encryption does. I also understand why it doesn't make torrents safe. That's why I got irritated when people were trying to claim encryption is why usenet is safer, cause torrents have encryption too. Even if Usenet is safe the reasoning people used is bad.

I think I am the most worried about indexer sites as these are banned or blocked in my country. Weirdly enough the Usenet ones aren't blocked and I am wondering why. I believe they have some kind of loop hole.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Speed is not the concern with using a VPN. Having to pay for both is the concern.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If I could afford one of them then I wouldn't be doing this

 

I have been doing torrents + VPN for years now and thinking about switching.

Is usenet and debrid safe to use without a VPN in the UK? What about other piracy streaming sites?

From what I understand it's cheaper to use a VPN than have debrid + usenet + private indexers but I am not sure.

I have heard some questionable justifications as to why it's safer such as it being encrypted (torrents can also be encrypted). Are the index sites also safe? I have heard it both ways about this. Including people saying index sites are not encrypted which they normally are.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 0 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I don't live in the US

[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 0 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I am fairly sure you still need a VPN when using these services. Is there an advantage to this over using torrents and streming piracy sites?

[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

You said the quote above, not me. So which is it? You have more experience than me, or your "someone without piracy experience?"

I maybe didn't make this clear. You assumed I didn't have experience (I honestly think you maybe got me mixed up with someone else), and you recommended prowlarr based on that assumption. I have actually actually tried similar systems multiple times over with Radarr, Sonarr, Couchpotato, sickbeard, Jackett, and friends. I never had great luck with any of them and the infrastructure meant to support them like FreeNAS or UnRAID. That's why I don't want people recommending them especially to the inexperienced.

I have no idea who you are or what your experience level is, or anyone else who would care to read it later, so I was providing a thorough answer. That's all. Not everything is a personal jab at you and your psyche.

Yet you keep trying to claim I don't know what I am doing while never showing anything I have said to be incorrect. Maybe you weren't meaning to offend but that's exactly what you have been doing.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 points 11 months ago (7 children)

You’ve had two people who’ve tried to help you now, because you’re comments are clearly coming from a perspective of a person “without piracy experience” (your words).

My guy I probably have more experience with this than you do. I've been doing it for literally years. The only thing I haven't used is usenet. I might one day but the only advantage I can see is more consistent download speed.

No idea what you’re talking about. I was genuinely trying to provide advice and assistance.

Really? You talk as if I have no understanding of basic computer terminology like SSL. Like I know these things are encrypted. If you didn't realize this bittorrent protocol can also be encrypted. Dosen't stop them seeing who you are connecting to. Since piracy websites are banned you would have a hard time even accessing them without a VPN. Even if they can't see what you're downloading specifically they can still see you are accessing a piracy website - imagine trying to use that defense in court.

figure out the problem with using BitTorrent or uTorrent on you’re own

I was refering to the proctol. You can just say bittorrent since it's a protocol. I don't use either of these clients specifically I mainly use qBittorrent.

What problem are you even referring to?

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