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Is it possible to safely torrent without a VPN? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Funds are limited at the moment and i'd rather not have a monthly subscription to worry about.
i'm not in the US, if that changes anything

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I haven't tried it myself but I've heard that using a good private tracker is safe without a vpn

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

It’s safe as long as nobody breaks the rules. If law enforcement or copyright holders really wanted a login they could probably get an invite from somebody. The weak link in security is always going to be a person.

Once they infiltrated a private tracker, they’d either have to hack them or download every torrent they want to and track down the seeders. 90% of the seeders would probably be in a different country so, is it really worth their effort? They’re not going to get the people ripping the shows and movies.

So yes, I think getting caught on a private tracker is possible. Perhaps not probable.