I'm two days old in piracy (torrent) world (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago by Uri@infosec.pub to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Any suggestion for me. I only known about pirate bay. Any other index sites I should known?
Also can anyone explain what are Leachs and trackers in simple words ? Also what is a magnet ?

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[-] bigchunga@feddit.online 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Seeds are users that have 100% of a torrent. More Seeds usually means more speed. Leechers are users that don't have 100% of a torrent yet.

You can grab torrents either with a file (.torrent) or a magnet link. The latter is just a link that tells the client how to get the torrent.

A tracker is a server that manages the torrent. You don't really have to deal with that.

Always use a VPN. edit: Proton still supports port forwarding.
Make sure to map the network adapter of qBittorrent (or whatever client you use) to the VPN device so you don't leak your IP when you have a disconnect.
Set up something like Sonarr (Shows), Radarr (Movies), Jellyfin (or Plex) to streamline everything.
You can also include Prowlarr in the setup to automatically sync indexers to Sonarr and Radarr. Thats also where you find other indexers like 1337.to and whatnot.
If you want more convenience and speed, get a Seedbox like ultra.cc
Seed, seed, seed!

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Not Mullvad anymore unfortunately. You'll want a VPN with port forwarding like AirVPN or else you won't be able to connect to everyone. Anyone else without port forwarding set up won't be able to connect to you nor will you connect with them.

[-] bigchunga@feddit.online 1 points 8 hours ago

You are right, no port forwarding is not great. I would recommend Proton then.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I'll throw Private Internet Access in there for a known one with port forwarding. I know the general attitude towards PIA has soured since the buyout but there still has yet to be a reason to believe it's not a good service and they've continued to add bells and whistles over time while still being one of the cheapest VPNs out there.

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Agreed. They were my first before Mullvad (now AirVPN since Mullvad removed port forwarding). I switched around the buyout when my renewal came around, but it was cheap and did work fine. I haven't heard any horror stories in the years since, and if you're just using it to torrent, I don't think there's much to worry about.