How viable is torrenting on a public connection? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 years ago by technomad@slrpnk.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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My options for internet connectivity are very limited. I was wondering if I could go to a library or coffee shop or wherever has a good connection and do all my downloading remotely, or if I will run into problems/restrictions.

I'm thinking they may not allow VPN's or something like that?

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[-] kylian0087@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Actually you can block vpns using port 443 and 80. Using a methode callesd deep packet inspection. Not something you find in a typical coffie shop. But it being practically unblockable is false. My school used to do this. So i used shadowsocks or tor with snowflake.

[-] WallEx@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah i know, i thought this would go into to much Detail, because, as you said, they wouldnt have that in any small shop

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