Is it possible to stay anonymous when joining a private tracker community? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 month ago by tatterdemalion@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I was just reading through the interview process for RED, and they specifically forbid the use of VPN during the interview. I don't understand this requirement, and it seems like it would just leak your IP address to the IRC host, which could potentially be used against you in a honeypot scenario. Once they have your IP, they could link that with the credentials used with the tracker while you are torrenting, regardless of if you used VPN while torrenting.

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[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

Wouldn't call it paranoia so much as standard operating procedure for safe pirating. Everyone has their own risk tolerance but IP guarding during anything involved with pirating is the norm.