Hello, i wanted to know to what extent do the ISPs or police pursue torrenting. In the 90’s it was acceptable and fairly wide-spread. I am unsure how it looks now.
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Always use a VPN. With torrents you actively share the file which is illegal pretty much anywhere.
Even if no one cares today, someone might tomorrow.
VPNs are a barrier for torrenting. Some people don’t want to pay (or can’t even pay), and other people may find setting a VPN up difficult. This is not good advice.
Force encryption for bittorrent and you’re already future proof.
wat, there is no encryption in bittorrent that will protect you except for a vpn.
no one follow this individuals advice for your own sake.
There is encryption that will save you unless ISPs use shadow peers, which they can’t use retroactively.
Edit, cuz I think the scope of my original comment has been misunderstood, my bad:
Of course, ISPs can still know you’re torrenting, and if they don’t like that, you will get letters. But they can’t know what you torrented.
If you’re gonna torrent, get informed about the laws in your country and how ISPs enforce anti-piracy measures, and if you can freely torrent in your country, there’s no need to use a VPN. Encryption will save you from ISPs retroactively snooping on what you torrented.
the peers approach is the problem, not the ISPs. ISPs can tell your torrenting just from the shape of the traffic.
edit: generally, the claim that the builtin encryption protects the user is essentially misinformation and anyone who follows it is potentially in for a world of hurt.
Hey, fellow pole here. Generally if you get letter letter from isp you have to act like dumb and not respond to letter since you would prove that you did it. I torrented without vpn and I didn’t get letter yet, maybe because it is harder to find my location thanks to being connected to cell tower in Warsaw (I don’t know how exactly my connection to internet outside works but I do know that it isn’t wired and thanks to that it is harder to locate me probably). If you would get letter from isp get yourself a vpn and then bind it to your torrenting client so it wouldn’t work if it would disconnect from vpn. If you don’t understand or want me to explain it in polish, let me know and we will go to dms
but I do know that it isn’t wired and thanks to that it is harder to locate me probably
that does not matter if the subscription is on your name (and address)
