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 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.