I’ve read on reddit I think that if you are torrenting using a private tracker you’re gonna be fine even without VPN. The question is: isn’t the tracker is just a server that leads my torrent client to the pieces of the file on the seeders? And the connection between me and the seeders is p2p, isn’t that type of connection is what makes your ISP snitch you? So what is different about private trackers? And where to find them?
Torrents are registered. Only people who can access the private website get access to the torrent. It’s much harder for the bottom barrel legal teams that just sit on them recording IPs, like they do on public ones.
They can certainly get into a private tracker but will be found before long. This also depends on how the private tracker is run and by whom.
Use a VPN when doing illegal shit. Don’t leave to a shady website.
So p2p connection is not illegal unless it’s transmitting pirated content, which they can only know it by finding my ip on the list of peers, yeah?
This is accurate.
Just downloading/consuming isn’t the illegal part. It’s why you hear about torrent users getting ISP notices, but not people who download from usenet or watch pirate sports streams.
Why not? Because ISP don’t snitch on you in case of illegal streaming? The owner of the content must catch you in order to make legal procedures, right? And what about usenet, I’ve read about it but I didn’t get it? Can you brief it out? How it similar to torrents and how it’s different?
It’s 2023. Use a VPN at all times.
But torrenting on a vpn costs money, which is why some people are torrenting to begin with.
Having your own internet connection costs money too. If being absolutely free is a requirement, go without a VPN on the McD’s free wifi.
I don’t think you can get fined for streaming over a VPN, especially since you’re not distributing.
Just a fun FYI: If you want to know what can be seen torrenting from your current IP, visit https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com
It wil show you anything publicly trackable and occasionally assign tags according to your habits. You can also check anybody else’s IP you know of too, and look at what your IP-neighbors have on their name,…
Tags I’ve seen assigned are mostly ‘Porn’ if you torrent at least 1 known xxx and I even encountered a highlighted differently-colored tag twice in neigboring IP’s that clearly state it’s questionable content of subjects that did not go through the accepted minimum amount of birthdays yet.
Always an interesting tool to check when connected to a friend’s wifi or a public shared one… 😅
The site lists 4 torrents and none of them are mine. I assume this is because my ISP assigned a dynamic IP address
Yeah, I have a 4G CGNAT router, so I’m not only constantly hopping IP’s, I’m even sharing outside IPs with others simultaneously. I rarely see other torrents than mine, though it does happen. I honestly also had the bad content flag once for a file I certainly wouldn’t download. 😅
Firms that sue you because you download copyrighted material don‘t sue you because they sniff your internet traffic contents, but because you appear on the tracker peer list. Ony public trackers this is easily visible, on private trackers it‘s not since you need access to the tracker in the first place.
So it’s not about p2p connection? And ISPs don’t snitch? The owner of the material catches my ip address.
Your house’s ip address is static? Or they can get you even it’s changing?
Unless you have a seedbox, I’d still use a VPN on private trackers. You don’t want to expose your actual home IP address - anyone can see it when you’re torrenting (in the peers tab). You are correct that most companies that DMCA aren’t following private trackers and therefore it’s unlikely that you’d get a “love letter” but again I’d use a VPN for your home ISP.
As for getting into private trackers, there’s an OpenSignups community here. Otherwise, you have to usually know someone with invites to get in.
