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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[–] SpaceCadet2000@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not sure if works well

You can check if something appears on https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/

[–] warboyziri@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@SpaceCadet2000 holy shit i didnt know this existed! also if i see something here that i didn't torrent does that mean someone in my apartment be torrenting?

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, if you have a static IP address. If you have a dynamic IP address you can just be seeing the other people who previously had that IP address. It will depend on your ISP.

[–] Aggy@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh wow, I have mullvad VPN and apparently it works perfectly. The list is just completely empty with the vpn off.

[–] KingPyrox@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How do you find mullvad? like in terms of speed/price/tracking

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

All of those are great. They just removed port forwarding but barely anyone else has it anyways