Is it still safe to use torrent ?
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Recently my flat mate received a warning for using torrent to download some marvel films etc and got a warning
so that got me wondering
using the UK Virgin -
VPN VPN VPN. It's a digital condom for torrents.
I use PrivateInternetAccess.
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VPN VPN VPN. It's a digital condom for torrents.
I use PrivateInternetAccess.
I agree with the use of a VPN to ensure your privacy and anonymity on the internet, however based on my personal experience, IMHO, I do not recommend the use of PIA. Granted, they do work for some users in some cases, however for my personal preference, there are some things about PIA that I can honestly say are not for me. My really horrific customer service experience that ended with an escalation to my lawyer is one of the reasons that I say that based on my experience, I would not recommend them.
That being said though, I do have a fair bit of experience in working with PrivateVPN, including working with their customer service and I have never been anything but 100% satisfied with them. To be fair, I will acknowledge that there are some things about PrivateVPN that may make it not the right fit for some users, however in my experience, I can say that they are the right VPN for me.
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The other thing is that it's more about what you're downloading than torrenting as a whole. Companies like Marvel are always going to try and control what's out there, other companies not so much.
There have been indie games developers come out and openly say they don't care if their game is pirated, it's exposure for them and they hope maybe if you play it and like it you'll buy it.
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Recently my flat mate received a warning for using torrent to download some marvel films etc and got a warning
so that got me wondering
using the UK VirginHow to find a torrent peer :
1. traffic monitoring
2. model the mainline dht into a merkel tree and follow the paths
3. sybil attack or rogue node1 is the most common, be sure to enforce encryption in your client
[ - prefer encrypted peers: yes - ignore unencrypted peers: yes ]
Doing so, you will also help other users not to be detected.2 costs more, as such, it's not the preferred method
Not feasible for private trackers (such as gtorrent.ru) because the dht is automatically disabled.
It introduces a large overhead into the network, as such it can be easily detected.3 this are the worst kind of attacks
A sybil attack is a weekness of every p2p system. There's no real method to avoid this, only mitigation techniques.
A rogue node….. Is only able to track a really small number of peers. Its usefulness is basically limited (from the censor point of view). -
You should definetely use VPN as the European countries will focus on torrenting issues more in the future.
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Another thing to consider… Not all VPN providers are the same. It is important to check what their policies are around a few things and what geographical jurisdiction that they fall under. In the perfect world, you want a provider that is NOT based in the United States, and who does not log connections, logins, etc. This will ensure that if they are ever issued with a valid subpoena to identify a user based on an IP address and a time stamp, they will be unable to provide this information to make this link to the customer because they do not store this information in the logs in the first place.
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I do not use VPN as i cannot afford and the Free version can be unreliable and slower. But I have been using Peer Block 1.2. I need to pay to get a new subscription of peer block but I have been using without subscription.
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I used to use PeerBlock back when I used to run Windows. I can say that it is not a guarantee for a few reasons, one of which is that network assignments do tend to change. With a VPN on the other hand, this effectively eliminates the need for PeerBlock because it ensures that your direct IP address is never shared, but rather, only the IP address of your VPN. If you have a VPN that does not log anything such as PrivateVPN, you can be sure that even without peer block, your real identity will remain hidden from the internet.
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well I use peerblock but for other reasons: ( with paid version) you can ban all country's IP you think might be used by hackers. I ban 3.2 billions ips. So it's more like a firewall on top of the firewall + you have all connections your system makes always in the window. But true peerblock although they try to maintain up to date ip list about copyright infringements services, is not secure against that.
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Ah… Yes... You do have a point there. For that purpose, I have IP range filtering in the iptables firewall rules of both my main server as well as the main super network that everything runs off of, including my trailer. It's a free way that can also be used to do such things, if you are a more advanced user, and you maintain the IP range rules manually, as they change.
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it depends on the country you live in, most of the crap gaytorrent.ru is dealing with is coming from the US and UK, considering how many users live in these two parts of the world, they need to take precautions, the funny thing about canada (were i live) is we're kind of infamous for are lack of internet censorship and is the reason why services like netfilx is kind of crap over here ;D
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so VPN is safe? i got a warning but thought it was because I left it seeding…
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Generally speaking, a VPN is a safety assurance. With that being said however, not all VPN connections (or even providers) are the same. Always check to see what (if anything) that your VPN provider logs. The ideal answer is nothing. This way, this means that your VPN does not keep any logs that can connect their users with IP addresses, which is a big part of what makes them a "safe" place.
The second thing to consider is the type of VPN that you're using. Using a PPTP VPN for example is probably the worst thing you could possibly think of from a security standpoint, because it can in theory be reverse engineered under the right circumstances. For best results, I would recommend a properly installed OpenVPN session. To enable port forwarding, you will need to ensure that you are using UDP + TAP, however for general security, I would recommend using UDP + TUN. It all depends on what you want to use it for, and if you want to have the potential to share network resources across the VPN.
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seedbox is also a great solution for privacy, its much faster then vpn and its a good for your torrent ratio.
