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Are VPNs still useful for privacy when torrenting? (feddit.de)

submitted 2 years ago by Dislodge3233@feddit.de to c/piracy@lemmy.ml

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Reading https://overengineer.dev/blog/2019/04/08/very-precarious-narrative.html explains vulnerabilities to VPNs. I was aware of several of them, but some I wasn't.

Are VPNs still useful for torrenting?

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[–] rlhe@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

It’s not obvious to everyone though! VPN adverts make their services sound magical.

I think the most important behavioral change takeaway is not logging into services or doing the same activities while the VPN is active (if being anonymous is your goal). I do all my VPN torrents stuff through a Docker instance to avoid those pitfalls.