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Is a VPN necessary for torrenting? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Alextheacceptable@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I don't live in the US, so my ISP doesn't really seem to care what I torrent, but the megathread vehemently recommends to always use one. Since VPNs aren't cheap and I'm on a strict budget (wouldn't pirate otherwise), is it really that dangerous to torrent without one?

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[–] alphafalcon@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mullvad stopped providing port forwards, so they're not ideal for torrenting anymore. They were great before.

[–] Pulp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

But barely anyone else provides it too. Proton has it kind of but the amount of servers are restricted so yeah great higher ping/slower speeds depending on where you are from

[–] ashlie@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting. The lack of logs is still desirable, but I'll look into that further. Thanks!