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What VPN would you recommend for torrenting? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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

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Cost, ease of use, speed, other good features, etc.

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[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago

No VPN, just qBittorrent and I2P = anoymous torrents

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[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

If I turn off mixed mode in qbittorrent i2p settings, it should only use i2p, right?

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

If "mixed mode" is enabled I2P torrents are allowed to also get peers from other sources than the tracker, and connect to regular IPs, not providing any anonymization. This may be useful if the user is not interested in the anonymization of I2P, but still wants to be able to connect to I2P peers

That's what the description says.

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[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

So then, with mixed mode disabled, I'll be fully anonymous?

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

If you use only I2P torrents, yes 👍

[-] sag@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I2P?

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

An alternative to TOR that's better for P2P.

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

does it still require port forwarding for seeding ? (yeah, I know port forwarding isn't required for torrenting)

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As in I2P itself or bittorrent? In order for I2P to access the network it needs to be able to access the internet. If you're behind a router, that does mean either enabling universal plug and play (UPnP) or manually opening a port for it that forwards traffic to the port on the I2P machine. UPnP is obviously the easiest (if you're behind a router).

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