Ive thought about torrents but they require a paid vpn from what i know? I dont really want to pay, which is why im thinking about piracy because im not made of money and cant afford a vpn. Im just not sure if its possible to be safe and sail the seven seas all for free?
What would you advise i do? what did you do when starting out?
Mooch off someone else’s paid VPN.
I2p or opendirectories or direct downloads. Id personally opt for i2p as at least you give something back.
That being said a vpn is cheap.
Hey, this could get you started. Its not the same but you can try “c/Archive” and/or “c/YouTube” but its not much yet :-) You can also try IRC Downloading its free no seeding needed and if you use SASL/SSL you don’t need vpn. There is also something like this “Only One Petabyte and 464,392 files” of shows/movies, should be enought for you for a while =) I mean who needs torrents if you can easily download direct LOL
ITT buncha folks with no reading comprehension, free != pay little.
if ISP/government are looking for folks doing the thing, get a torrent client for your laptop/phone, send links to it, and then seek out some free wifi, like a coffee shop or sumsuch. loiter about, limit download speeds so they don’t ban your freeloading ass and there you go - adventure, fresh air, you don’t gotta download “watch dogs”, you’re living the game!
Only use direct downloads. For example https://rentry.org/megathread-games#direct-downloads I don’t torrent, I don’t use a VPN, nor pay for anything in order to pirate. Sometimes you might have to wait for slower download speeds but often times there is a mirror that will cap out my speeds of 200mb/s
Ive thought about torrents but they require a paid vpn from what i know?
if you live in the US, fair, it’s probably required, but at the same time, 1 year of vpn probably costs the same as 2 months of whatever random netlflix/hulu streaming service. If you have a roommate, split the price? I wouldn’t trust a VPN with anything more sensitive than torrents (without extensive research). Then again, I’m not totally sure I’m willing to vouch for the value of a VPN vs your free options.
You never said what you’re trying to pirate, so I hope this is helpful in finding you solutions that don’t require a VPN:
I2P
Never used a VPN. Never got a letter. Hardly heard of anyone being actually sued over downloading one movie out of the millions that do it daily…probably more likely for die driving to work.
Torrent. Install Qbittorrent and just use any Prate bay clone site.
Or SlSk (soul seek) search and download directly from a user. They may expect to see that your sharing files. It’s OK to have nothing when your starting out.
Or Stremio installed on almost any TV or device and stream the content without downloading first. Kodi can do it too but it’s a bit of a setup and I’ve found Stremio to be easier.
The first two install without issie, the last needs a guide to get the good stuff DM me and I’ll send a recommended link.
I’ve done all three for free with no issues - beyond sometimes finding content. That said. The caviets.
The first two can get you a virus if you don’t know what your doing and clicking random things. For torrenting I hear private trackers are better but I’ve never used one.
And the last one does, unfortunately, work better with a paid service (premoumize or real debrid). Cheapest is during black friday and pay for two years. It’s the same as yearly Prime Subscription.
http://www.palined.com/search/ (just a google dorker)
Seems like a lot of people replying need to work on their reading comprehension…
Use private trackers only. Public trackers are way easier to identify you on.
Disable DHT, PeX and Local Peer Discovery in your BitTorrent client. This will prevent you connecting to random public peers.
If you’re just interested in movies/TV I recommend streaming sites with an adblocker. Just so much easier and safe enough. Find sites on fmhy.netUse private trackers only. Public trackers are way easier to identify you on.
Source on that? This is the first I’ve heard of it
Common sense?
Choose one of the following scenarios which you think has the least chance of getting caught when cheating on your partner:- Anal in broad daylight at the local public park.
- Anal in shady motel out of town.
Well first off, torrenting doesn’t “require” a VPN, you may want to look up your area etc… in most of the united states, basically if you torrent without a VPN, there’s a chance that your ISP will detect it and typically they will send you a letter saying “we know you downloaded _____ illegally, if we catch you again, we will cancel your service”.
which depending on what you are going for (like say new releases and big name targets are what they will be watching for the most)… that could take years to even happen.
Now as far as safe, and lower risk… you could always look up pirating on the IRC… it’s not the most user friendly route out there, but that’s kind of the point, it’s ancient technology and for the most part no one bothers to monitor it.
and then of course there’s just tons of bootleg streaming sites. bottom line anything that’s not peer 2 peer, is pretty much impossible for ISPs to identify what you are doing on… and thus are pretty safe.
ISP will detect it and typically they will send you a letter saying “we know you downloaded _____ illegally, if we catch you again, we will cancel your service”.
It’s actually the studios that own the content you are torrenting that will seed the torrent and then collect a list of all IP addresses that connect to them, then they ask your ISP to shut your internet off.
You ISP doesn’t actually care if you torrent, because if they cancel your internet they lose out on money.
Unless your ISP is a content owner, which several are now. Comcast/Xfinity is NBC for example. Plus Comcast makes a lot of profit on cable TV, so they have reason to ger people to stop. That being said, I dont know anyone who was simply downloading for personal use who got their service canceled. But it is a major risk in the IS since most ISPs have near monopolies at least over broadband speeds, so the majority have no other options.
True, I guess the process is the studios have deals/threats to sue the ISPs if they don’t do it.
Either way regardless of their reason or motives. The ISP is the one that’s in charge of sending the threat and dealing the punishment, and again the key point is (again region may vary, do research on your ISP), but typically they send a warning first. So in short, if you just want to get started quickly, you can just start torrenting with no VPN (you should probably seed things for as little time as possible), and hope you can afford a VPN before you get the threatening letter, if you do get the threatening letter… then stop all peer 2 peer based piracy until you can afford to do it safer.
There is also Usenet, access is cheap but not free.
Substantially more pricey than a vpn
Buy usenet around black friday, super cheap. I currently pay $18/yr for usenet, any useful VPN is way more expensive.
So much pricier that when you take a Usenet subscription they’ll often add a free vpn on top, as a treat
I2p
qBitTorrent in I2P only mode is free and safe.
It’s slow and limited selection, but there’s good stuff.
last i tried the trackers were dogwater. Waste of time unless you’re looking for 3yo items.
check out fmhy, they have plenty of sites that don’t require torrenting
for torrenting specifically, I’ve been using cloudflare’s vpn (1.1.1.1) without issues, though it requires a bit of setup with wireguard
Unfortunately any unencrypted file sharing (without a VPN) carries some risk of ISPs or governments snooping on what you are doing. BitTorrent is just particularly notable because of its history and that by the nature of the protocol, you are uploading (seeding) in addition to downloading.
A good VPN is a few bucks a month and provides a lot of other benefits. It’s worth considering.
You could use a free VPN like Proton if you’re worried about getting caught. You can also use DNS over https to hide what sites you’re visiting from being visible, and you might not even need a VPN depending on your area, as others have mentioned. I’ve pirated so much stuff for years and never gotten any angry letters.
You could use a free VPN like Proton if you’re worried about getting caught.
Proton’s free plan does not support P2P.
I thought it just doesn’t support port forwarding, and only one side of a torrent connection needs to have it
No, proton free blocks torrent use
In most country you don’t risk anything by just visiting the site. But just so you know, while DoH or DoT are very good things for privacy, it’s not enough to prevent your ISP form seeing the site you visit. They can still see the SNI unless the site has setup ECH but it’s very rare.
