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Advanced pirates, whats a tip others might not know? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Shere_Khan@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I'll start. Did you know you can run a headless version of JD2 on a raspberry pi? It's not the greatest thing in the world, but sometimes its nice to throw a bunch of links in there and go to sleep.

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[-] crossover@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’ve personally found it better to pay for a seedbox and connect to it via encrypted FTP than to worry about VPNs and downloading torrents locally. I share the cost between a couple of friends and we all access the seedbox and download/stream what we need from it. I don’t have to worry about keeping my computer running either.

[-] traches@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Personally I switched away from a seedbox to a VPN, but only after building up a stupid ratio on several trackers. It's annoying to manage two copies of everything, you have to download everything twice, and drive space on seedboxes is expensive.

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Plus longterm seeding is impossible with a seedbox unless you pay those high storage prices. This is bad for sustainability as a whole.

[-] undefined@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

How big is your seedbox that you split it with friends? I have a seedbox with 4 TB and it's like $17/month. That's a lot of content..

[-] crossover@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah mine is about the same. More than enough for what I need.

[-] webhead@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So my question is, whose name is on the seedbox? I've seen people say this...is it one of the special hosts that will just send you a notice and not tell the complaint filer who you are? Connecting to a VPN or proxy has been easy enough and cheaper lol.

[-] crossover@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I signed up using an anonymous email address and paid with bitcoin. I get an email from the seedbox provider when an “abuse notification” is receiving which recommends I stop the torrent. They claim no personal information is given out.

[-] Shere_Khan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

I havent used one, but thats what it seems like to me. someone sets up a server in a country that doesn't care about dmca, and you pay for them to download torrents and handle the encryption, etc.

[-] PolarisFx@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Mine is in the Netherlands, I only use private tracker and Usenet and haven't had any issues. I also have 4TB storage so I run my Plex server off it. Great setup. No notices, or any bullshit really