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I never did it. How can I do it? And where I need to go for it?

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[–] remon@ani.social 56 points 4 days ago (15 children)

Start by checking the Megathread and other resources in the sidebar.

[–] SincerityIsCool@lemmy.ca 33 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (14 children)

These resources are really all you need, but they're all individually quite focused so for a new person it can be hard to see the forest.

An overview:

For movies, streaming sites are fine.

To start torrenting safely:

  • get a paid vpn (i use mullvad)
  • download qbittorrent or the like
  • find a public tracker from the megathead, general ones are easy/convenient for starting imo
  • virus scan/use common sense/be careful
[–] Bonus@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago (11 children)

I'm checking out the free version of Proton VPN now after paying for PIN for a while. Haven't used it to torrent or anything yet. Just trying to run most the time now for increased security in this new era. Are unpaid versions less secure? I'm not so much worried about the price. Just checking out something different.

[–] safesyrup@feddit.org 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The free version of proton VPN does not allow torrenting

[–] Bonus@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

haha, I guess I don't have wonder about crossing that bridge. Thanks.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Technically you can torrent with it, but the free tier does not include port forwarding, so you will not be able to seed very effectively.

Edit: disregard, I was remembering incorrectly.

[–] safesyrup@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i thought it doesn't allow peer to peer connections?

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

I just searched it a bit, and I think you're right. I was thinking the paid tier only let you use port forwarding and access their servers optimized for P2P traffic, but it sounds like they actually block P2P traffic on the free tier.

My bad!

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