Piracy on campus WiFi (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 11 months ago by DryEnthusiasm7860@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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There are already several posts on this topic, but I wanted to have a more up to date answer. The secure wifi uses my personal school account to sign in so that might not be the best idea, however the guest wifi is open to everyone so that may be a better idea. I also know to use a VPN and bind my torrenting client to the VPN. Anything else I should know? Or is the entire idea dead in the water? I've pirated before but never with several thousand dollars on the line...

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[-] cobn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

Seedbox or vpn with remoting into a home sever would be safest

Guest network would be best as any large downloads can be tracked back to your account.

Randomize Mac address

And for overkill, try to randomize which wifi node you are using to be less predictable.

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