I haveint forgotten @dessalines@lemmy.ml’s Favorite apps and services, and in particular his recommendation for torrents VPN (AirVPN, Mullvad, NordVPN, ProtonVPN).

I’ve never used a VPN, and so far no issues (not really an avid consumer, but I’ve occasionally done torrenting for ~20 years). I use the pseudo encryption supported, and in particular, I use rtorrent wiht:

protocol.encryption.set = allow_incoming,try_outgoing,enable_retry

For sure that doesn’t really mask it, but obfuscates a bit the torrenting from ISP providers, which are not doing a hard work looking for torrenting.

Regarding privacy, my understanding is one should trust no one, :) And it’s hard for me to understand why it doesn’t apply to VPNs…

At any rate, from those suggestions, as of now, which is the one somehow better at protecting one’s identity, privacy and security? That would be my major concern, and if there’s a way to keep that with port forwarding. Not interested on fastest, but rather safest…

I’m wondering how on earth I’ve never had issues, when I always read not using a VPN is sort of nuts.

  • @sexy_peach@feddit.de
    1•2 years ago

    I do use common trackers. If somehow I can keep using them, just slower because of using a more secure layer, then that wouldn’t be an issue, but what I understand is that I wouldn’t be able to use any tracker, right, just some special ones supporting i2p?

    Exactly. You might get lucky and catch a few common torrents, because some seeders might use torrent software that also seeds to i2p.

    On the other hand, I read I would need a specialized i2p torrent client as well, right?

    Yes. You would either have to install i2p, which comes with its own client or install a special torrent client.

    Not discarding i2p at once, perhaps I misunderstood things…

    No worries, it’s not suitable for your use case I think.