I don’t live in the US, so my ISP doesn’t really seem to care what I torrent, but the megathread vehemently recommends to always use one. Since VPNs aren’t cheap and I’m on a strict budget (wouldn’t pirate otherwise), is it really that dangerous to torrent without one?

  • Vitaly
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    2 years ago

    What if i have self-hosted vpn? am i safe now? (wireguard)

    • ch0ccyra1n
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      02 years ago

      @Vitaly

      Nope! The server provider will definitely be monitoring your activity and probably will report you for torrenting. VPNs shift trust, even self-hosted ones. Do you trust Amazon AWS or Google Cloud or whatever provider you’re using? I certainly hope not.