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if I went to a library or something, and torrent a file, nobody would be able to tell who it was as its a public place and the library couldn't be held accountable. thoughts?

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[–] M500@lemmy.ml 28 points 10 months ago (7 children)

They could also see your MAC address and lookup which vendor that MAC address matches to.

They could then use the cameras there to see who has a laptop that matches and possibly identify you that way.

I’d say if you are going to do it use a vpn no matter what.

They may still lock you out or block torrent traffic, or possibly block your vpn from working. So make sure the vpn kill switch is on in case it suddenly stops working.

[–] rosco385@lemmyhub.com 25 points 10 months ago

I doubt very much anyone would go to all that trouble to catch someone illegally downloading movies. Technically possible though.

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