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Does a vpn really matter when torenting? Do people care? (leminal.space)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I know this is a dumb question... But i cant really aford a vpn like at all, is it possible to torrent without using a vpn in the USA or will i get in some trouble and go to jail if i torrent without a vpn?

The reason i cant get a vpn is because im just broke and im young enough to live with family so i cant really get a job.

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[–] 89 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Don’t go tormenting without a VPN.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    But im broke which is why i want to pirate, Do i just use a bunch of free trials?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    You can earn Microsoft Rewards points by using Bing search egine in the US, redeem them for gift cards, for personal use or to sell/trade for cheap cash. I think in the US you can earn up to 15-20k points per month, a $10 gift card costs like 9k points.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    AFAIK Proton has a free tier.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I think their free tier prevents you from torrenting

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I think you can bypass this by using the WireGuard profile instead of their official app, haven't tried this for quite some time though

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Can you even do this in their new desktop app, as far as I know, profiles are for paid users only

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Just use a free VPN like proton.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You can torrent on Proton’s free version now?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Nope. I was wrong about that. I just looked into it more and you can't. I have always had the paid version, I didn't realize that was one of the features missing from the free tier. My bad

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