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People are not really torrenting over VPN.
by PrimeMcFly 3y ago
People are not really torrenting over VPN.
- almatabata 3y agoI thought it was the reverse. Usually you are advised to use a VPN while torrenting for the explicit purpose of hiding your IP.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoI mean, that's going to eat up quota limits, and the VPN provider, most of them will still hand over information if requested - assuming they don't just firewall off torrents. Generally paying for a seedbox is the accepted way to pirate while hiding IP.
- dawnerd 3y agoCouldn’t be further from the truth. VPNs are the main way people are hiding their IPs. Providers like PIA have no caps and are just shy of fully endorsing it.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoNah. Most people might use VPNs to hide their IPs, but most people are not using torrents also. There's honestly little need to hide an IP just for torrenting anyway, at least in the US, Canada and most western countries. You just get a letter from the ISP you can ignore. If you use torrents a lot, you use a seedbox, not a vpn.
- dawnerd 3y agoI think you’re in a different bubble. If no one used vpn for torrents why is one of the top docker images for transmission one to support vpns? No ones spending money on a seed box that’s just casually torrenting. https://github.com/haugene/docker-transmission-openvpn https://github.com/haugene/docker-transmission-openvpn
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoI'm not saying no one uses VPN for torrents, just that it is not a main use case. People casually torrenting are not worried about hiding their IP. Also, not sure that is a top docker image but either way plenty of people with the skill to use docker are probably running their own vpn for their home network. I don't think it means much.