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Connor Bode

Software developer. Owner of https://matix.io. CTF player. I like to build and break things 👷‍♂️🏗🧨🔥.

Mar 4, 2019

Do you use a VPN to download torrents?

Hi everyone!

I've been exploring the torrent network recently and wanted to know, do you use a VPN when torrenting??

It turns out, it's incredibly easy to get a list of IP addresses from a torrent file.

HBO has used this fact to send out nasty notices to people pirating Game of Thrones. Luckily, your ISP generally won't reveal the identity attached to an IP address, but organizations with a lot of power may be able to make that association in other ways.

#programming

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Sara Alfred

Digital Marketing Executive

Mar 5, 2019

yes, Free VPN to download torrents sometime it do creates some error but mostly comes to the rescue.

Connor Bode

Software developer. Owner of https://matix.io. CTF player. I like to build and break things 👷‍♂️🏗🧨🔥.

Mar 5, 2019

Which free VPN do you use?

Diego Bernal

Front-End Engineer

Mar 5, 2019

What paid VPN do you all use/recommend?

Connor Bode

Software developer. Owner of https://matix.io. CTF player. I like to build and break things 👷‍♂️🏗🧨🔥.

Mar 5, 2019

I use Private Internet Access. They have many access points and claim to not keep logs (though that's never true). I trust them enough to partially anonymize my traffic, but I would not send sensitive information through them (e.g. visit my banking websites) nor would I trust them to protect my identity / traffic in the case of a lawsuit..

But again, if you just want to mask your IP, it's a good idea.

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