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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[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Doesn't Proton have a free VPN tier? I think it doesn't support port forwarding so your connections would be limited, but that might still work?

Otherwise, check the megathread and go with direct downloads. Those happen over https so completely encrypted.

[–] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

What music DDL sites let you contribute FLACs?

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Hmm I'm not sure about contributing. You've presented yourself as someone too broke to afford a VPN so I didn't think you were buying CDs and ripping flacs. Sorry if I misunderstood your goals. I was more focused on the goal of obtaining files.

Edit: ps, not sure if you saw yet, but I pm'd you about another possible solution.

[–] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 17 hours ago

I do sometimes buy CDs, though many of my CDs are from before my financial situation was quite as bad as it is now. They're all from thrift stores though, so none of them are more than $1.99.