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?

  • @burgersc12@sh.itjust.works
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    91 year ago

    Yes, you need some way to hide your IP when torrenting in the US unless your ISP doesn’t care about copyright letters. If you don’t want to use a VPN, a debrid service or I2P are other options as well that can hide torrents from your isp. Another option is to not torrent and stick to ddl and streaming