Torrent Precautions?
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I've become increasingly worried about getting caught with all the torrenting I do. I've managed to stay under the radar as of now, but I don't really have any precautions in place to avoid detection and I'm not too savvy about that kind of stuff. Is there anything I can do (without paying for any proxy/VPN services) to protect myself? Any advice is welcome.
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My two cents:
Don't reproduce, don't sell, don't broadcast, don't archive and don't present the stuff to another audience… consume the stuff by yourself and don't get any advantage out of the usage ( apart from the salvation through your own sexual climax :cheers: )
I think that's about it and you shouldn't worry more about it. If you stick to this usage, the only violation is consuming a thing, which you didn't pay for - a very small violation, which only can result in a subsequent billing. … and because this is would be the only violation, it's called "a void prosecution" and can mostly not be maintained.
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Thanks I appreciate the advice. What about seeding a torrent after downloading it? I want to help others and improve my ratio. Would that be considered redistribution?
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There is no international law for sharing files and therefore there is no decent advice, if you may share a file with others or not, sosohorny. Sometimes it's a grey zone, sometimes it's illegal and in some countries they just don't care about it at all. I am not giving you any legal, or illegal advice - I just want to point out, why copyright violations might be intersting for prosecutors and which may be a rather unintersting fraud. I am pretty sure, that you know, that stealing an apple isn't right, but in some situations, it isn't illegal. :hug:
You may recognize, that my answers to these questions leave a lot of freedom for interpretations. Please let's just leave it that way. ^^
Depending on your client usage there might be a lot of possibilies not showing your actual IP to others, but this doesn't result in a way, which makes it impossible to get to know this information. You will find some interesting things using Google with the words "bittorent" "your bittorrent client" "free proxy service" ( yes, please use the "" to reduce the search results ^^ ), or "free vpn service".
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Thanks again for the advice!