• thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    I’m just sad its Torrents now. I personally avoid Torrents whenever “piracy” is involved, because everyone who connects to the same Torrent can see my IP.

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      4 days ago

      Use a vpn, or better yet a seedbox, or hell even i2p. There’s plenty of options. Torrenting is one of the highest forms of piracy, it keeps the media alive long after whatever the current best site is goes down.

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      3 days ago

      VPN? Use a seedbox for downloading? Couple different ways to protect yourself without exposing your IP.

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      3 days ago

      Are there actually any alternatives that are more secure? No matter how you aquire your media online your IP will be exposed to someone.

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        3 days ago

        The problem for me is not that it is exposed to “someone”. I am okay with Myrient getting my IP. The problem with Torrent is, that anyone joining the session gets all IPs from everyone who is connected at the moment.

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          3 days ago

          I just don’t understand what you are protecting yourself from, in my opinion if anyone can create a list of all of the pirated content you downloaded, you’ve already lost all security. A VPN should always be used.

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      4 days ago

      For archival I am curious if there’s an IPFS efforts. I don’t know too much about ipfs but would like to learn more.