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or even pseudo-incriminated for attempting to maintain our own life.

It seems so stupid that I'm like a suspect for wanting an exchange of information without dropping my pants and bending over. No, I don't want cookies. Yes I want to read the article but no, I don't want to "sign up."

It makes me feel like being a f*cking hermit. But I prefer to pirate. Even though I'm not that good at it. Screw them. I got two private trackers, a VPN, and I hope that's enough.

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[–] flooppoolf@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It said stop torrenting or face a biiiig fine. I’ll try and follow the guides to avoid this but I’m still a bit paranoid. Maybe I was loooking for reassurance that vpn and private trackers are good enough.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I believe the only thing they could really do is drop you from their service (or I guess throttle you to high heaven)... I don't think a private company has the authority to impose fines, and I don't think these companies are actually following-up on these letters with real lawsuits as it would cost them way too much money.

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

actually either or is good normally. Public tracker +VPN or private without.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I wouldn't go without a VPN either way. Not a lot is really stopping copyright trolls from getting on some of the private trackers.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago

I torrented stuff on spectrum for years through a VPN without issue. Just make sure your torrent client is bound to the VPN network adapter only to prevent leaks.