I've been wanting to get into torrenting for a while, particularly contributing to private trackers related to music (and to a lesser extent retro games, though I don't have much original stuff to put there as it's harder to find rare games than rare music). FMHY recommends RiseUp if I must get a free VPN while I'm working on my financial situation, though I'm not sure whether it's been tested in court. What are my options, if any?

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd go for usenet. Only downloading, no uploading. Torrents are shit.

[–] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Much of what I want to do is uploading though. Also IIRC Usenet isn't any better in terms of price. The prices aren't bad gor Usenet or VPNs, my finances are just in the shitter.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I believe there are free VPN services. Maybe Proton has a free version? I know they offer a basic free version for Vivaldi browser. Just make sure they provider doesn't log traffic.

Now is black Friday, some VPN services are 75% off, that may be an option if you have at least something to spare. Sure, it's money, but a fine for illegal downloading costs much more.

Otherwise public wifi spots but speeds are probably shit.

Another option is installing Tails on a bootsble USB stick and connect through tor. But then speeds are also shit.

[–] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 day ago

Proton VPN's free tier doesn't let you forward ports and generally doesn't like torrents. And you're really not supposed to torrent via Tor.