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[+] scytale@lemm.ee 110 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Only thing Eastern Europe does better than the west

[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe it's luck but I've shamelessly torrented in the UK my whole life, I wouldn't be surprised if in the past fifteen years, I've downloaded a petabyte on pirated content.

I've never used a VPN and the one time I got a letter from my ISP, I suspect it was a scam anyway. I have used at least 4 ISPs in this period and two mobile networks, I've even used public and work WiFis with not issue.

I'm not sure if this a UK thing or if I'm just wildly lucky.

[–] jedibob5@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm stateside, and I torrented something once without a VPN and got an email complaint from my ISP not long after.

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

To be fair, I'm also stateside and, while I knew enough to know not to do it with abandon, I've torrented without a VPN at least a handful of times and never got anything from my ISPs in two decades.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Have the same story here in Belgium.

Never gotten a letter.

In the Netherlands they pay a small fee (3.5€ on a new phone) on every electronics "with which you can download", which allows them to pirate without much worrying.

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[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

I'm doing fine in Ireland anyway.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago

Brazil and most Latin American countries are also safe pirate havens, unless you set up a for-profit piracy site, then you're painting a huge target on your head.

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[+] Turret3857@infosec.pub 93 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Unfortunately I cannot recommend Mullvad for Torrenting. They blocked port forwarding, making seeding and thus contributing back to the network that much slower

I just went for ProtonVPN since (next to iVPN I think) it's the only other one to at least be partially OSS and still viable for daily-use

[–] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes shame about Mullvad. AirVPN still allows port forwarding though.

Now days I just stick to private trackers while using a cheap European VPS setup with wireguard. Only saves me a couple of bucks a month compared to VPN service but it adds up.

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's hella cheaper tho

[–] Pechente@feddit.org 21 points 1 year ago

Yeah and something that is useful for all kinds of situations like circumventing geo-blocking as well. So it's always a good idea to have a VPN.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have never once used a VPN to pirate shit.

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I did ONCE, and got a notice. 😂 VPN all the way boys!

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[–] proceduralnightshade@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I may or may not have torrented so many games, software, movies and albums without any VPN. It went well for years until we got one of those letters.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You also need an ISP, which isn't free either.

If you have a non-sucking ISP, you don't need a VPN. But a VPN is incredibly cheap, so just lump it in mentally with the cost of the internet service.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Free Public Wifi.

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[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

No money, no friends? Maybe that a signal it's time to take a break from the screen

[–] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

Going outside when you're nowhere near a city:

A man (Mr. Bean) in a suit and tie is standing in a field of flowers looking at his wristwatch... with cuts of him playing with grass while sitting on the ground, standing and looking at the horizon, and then laying down on the ground with eyes closed

(in USA at least)

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[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

protonvpn

[–] puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

until proton's ceo was all "o captain my captain" about trump and the "good things" that trump is doing

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[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mullvad vpn

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

Mullvad lost me when they stopped allowing port forward

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[–] Bruhh@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Direct downloads are fine enough. No need for vpn.

Edit: Depends on your location. US is fine with ddl

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on where you are. Don't try that in Germany, you'll get a hefty fine.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A fine for pirating? How awful.

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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Right? They only get your IP from torrenting because they’re torrenting it too.

A single download source you trust is usually fine unless you’ve got a super-narc for an ISP.

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[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can't you borrow games at the library?

[–] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

You can also torrent games at the library

[–] Chev@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

In Austria you totally can and it costs € 30 / year. But for the new ones you can simply torrent them because nobody cares here.

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[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Read the megathread ffs, use ProtonVPN

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't use Proton, use Mullvad.

That said, if you're only paying for a VPN so you can torrent, you're better off getting a Debrid service instead (like Real-Debrid). It's cheaper and gets you direct downloads to any torrent you want at 1Gbps speeds.

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[–] NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Use Tor Or a pretty good free vpn like ProtonVPN. Just not a "free" one. Looking at VeePN with disgust

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please do not use Tor for piracy, you're taking up valuable bandwidth that people in authoritarian countries need to fight government censorship and surveillance

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This, and if you're downloading a large game, it might take a few months over a Tor.

[–] artiman@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

protonvpn free tier doesn't support P2P

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