I am into torrenting movies- alas no money to get a VPN, What else can I do? I don’t really need a VPN because I live in a third world country and I don’t get no lettters if I sail the seas, I was searching for any other ways to hide my IP address from the swarm, without loosing much speed?

I came across this Tribler client, I don’t know if its good, Should I try Socks5 proxy or something like that?

Or tell me if the only good method is using a VPN, in that case I should wait out a couple years until I make money and remote torrent by making like 15 accounts in TorBox.

I will apologize, if I said something stupid in advance because I severly lack any knowledge in what I am talking about.

  • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
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    5 hours ago

    I don’t understand what you are asking. You don’t need a VPN since you lube in a third world country that does not care and piracy.

    Then torrent movies without a VPN.

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    4 hours ago

    vpns just change who can look over your traffic. it basically takes the place of the isp as your endpoint. So its about what the vpn promises like not logging or not persistantly logging or not persistantly anything.

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        2 hours ago

        vpns are always slow: 4,6 vs 420 Mb/s right now. If the free tier is even slower, then it is a real punishment

  • Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu
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    15 hours ago

    Only reason for vpn is to avoid nasty letters from isp.

    Of that doesn’t happen on your country, ignore the need for vpn while torrenting.

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      11 hours ago

      If I don’t use a VPN, is it a good idea to seed? I feel bad if I just get it and don’t seed lol.

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        9 hours ago

        I didn’t know there was a difference in seeding vs leeching with regards to using a vpn. My logic would be, if you can leech, you can also seed. But I’m no expert so, take it with a grain of salt

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          9 hours ago

          Oh yes I know that, what I meant is Its already risky leeching but if I also keep seeding- my IP will be visible to the swarm longer.

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            4 hours ago

            You can usually uncheck one .txt file from the content so it doesn’t download and the torrent will stay at 99%.

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              37 minutes ago

              That doesn’t prevent your client from uploading, your client seeds while it is downloading. It will still complete and do the same thing anyway, every client I know of will show as completed when all the requested content is downloaded.

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    12 hours ago

    I don’t think you need to hide your IP address, but if you really want to I guess you could try I2P.

    • imjustmsk@lemmy.mlOP
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      9 hours ago

      The built in Firefox VPN? Can you use that system wide though or just the browser?

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        8 hours ago

        Does VPN protect my whole device?

        No. The built-in VPN only hides your IP address and location while browsing in Firefox. It does not protect traffic from other apps on your device. For full-device protection, we offer Mozilla VPN.

        Since you said you don’t need it for torrents, I thought this would suffice. But I realize now you still want to hide your IP while torrenting.

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        9 hours ago

        I don’t know about p2p. I think the catch is that they will add premium features when they have a plenty of users.

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          9 hours ago

          I don’t know,  I can’t trust a random “free unlimited VPN” with my internet traffic, as well as the text in their website feels vague, and clanker generated mostly.

          Any random Free Unlimited VPN with high speed is most probably a scam, who is crazy enough to throw money into a hole for no particular reason.

          • Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.works
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            39 minutes ago

            OP, you seem to have a lot of requirements for someone who isn’t willing to spend any money on a VPN. You either trust the VPN provider or you don’t. If you aren’t paying for it, assume your traffic is being monitored and monetized somehow.

            You asked about VPNs, people gave you options, and it looks like you’ve turned down every one of them. A free unlimited VPN with no strings attached that allows torrenting at high speeds does not exist. You may as well be searching for a unicorn.

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    11 hours ago

    There’s also https://github.com/Naunter/BT_BlockLists

    Which has a bit of controversy… Some people say it works other say it’s useless. I use this filter over a year now and didn’t get any dmca from my ISP. (I don’t download any recent media though)

    Keep in mind, this could/will potentially block healthy peers in the swarm ^^ it’s not a full bulletproof solution…

    It does work in qbittorrent you just need to change the extension to .p2p I think?

  • Zedd @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 hours ago

    There’s a pretty good chance that there isn’t an enforcement method in your country. It’s not worth it for companies to enforce copyright in countries where nobody has any money.

    • imjustmsk@lemmy.mlOP
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      11 hours ago

      Yea, they only take actions towards the people who hosts piracy websites mostly.

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    12 hours ago

    Too broke for expensive subscriptions? Also too broke for a cheap lifetime VPN? Like 30 moneyz?

    • imjustmsk@lemmy.mlOP
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      11 hours ago

      I have tried it but a singular movie I download is probably around 10-20 gb and Windscribe just gives you 10gb/mon

      • Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.works
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        38 minutes ago

        Download smaller movies then. There are trackers that specialize in highly compressed low quality encodes. You will have to make sacrifices somewhere if you don’t want to spend any money on a VPN.