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Is a VPN necessary for torrenting? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Alextheacceptable@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I don't live in the US, so my ISP doesn't really seem to care what I torrent, but the megathread vehemently recommends to always use one. Since VPNs aren't cheap and I'm on a strict budget (wouldn't pirate otherwise), is it really that dangerous to torrent without one?

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[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

I was brought up thinking I live in a central europe. The "heart of europe" they called it. Only once I realized that I torrent without a VPN without consequences, I accepted the fact that I'm eastern european AF.

[-] a_statistician@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

shit, guess I am eastern European despite never having left North America. My ISP just doesn't give a shit.

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