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Best jurisdiction for exit nodes? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago by LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I was wondering, which country's exit nodes (VPN) do you use and why? Are some countries better than others (in terms of jurisdiction and laws, not latency)?

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[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

For piracy: Slavic countries
- They mostly don't give a fuck about what you download. Just don't share the stuff forward.
- AVOID THE US/UK AND DACH COUNTRIES AT ALL COSTS for this if you don't want get DMCA letter.
For privacy: Any country in the EU/EEA or Switzerland.
- Avoid the 5-eyes group (US/UK/Canada/Australia/New Zealand) whenever you can.

Also, set up Tailscale with cheap VPS' to use as exit nodes.

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They mostly don't give a fuck about what you download. Just don't share the stuff forward.

That's a no go in the P2P community. Leeching is bad for the whole network and for everyone else. Especially on public torrents.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

Only if you’re talking about torrents. Most visual media can be easily found on Usenet, and there’s no such thing as leeching.

The only thing I ever use torrents for anymore is books, because the mouse site is so good. Never have had problems finding TV shows or movies on Usenet.

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I meant that in a way that you are exposing too much with your collection.

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Oh yeah so not bragging arround and/or exposing a public jellyfin/ember/plex instance?

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 2 points 22 hours ago

Both.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

No one is coming after your seeding in South America, except maybe Chile with its unusually close relationship with the U.S. Just saying.

[–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

use i2p for torrenting. torrenting slows down vpn services and tor