Funds are limited at the moment and i’d rather not have a monthly subscription to worry about.
i’m not in the US, if that changes anything

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    I2P has a built in torrent client.

    But you need a computer running 24/7. With i2p, the longer your session runs, the better the connection.

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      Maybe I am dumb, but I can’t find anything on i2p. And all the sites load incredibly slowly…

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        Postman tracker is the main one on i2p.

        And the longer your i2p runs, the faster its connection.

        For grabbing a torrent anonymously, there is nothing better.

        Tribbler has a similar idea, but as they state in their website nothing has actually been tested against a motivated hacker earning big bucks from Hollywood. And their default settings just expose your ip address.

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    Depends on country. Depends on ISP. Look for how your ISP reponds to such things. Should be able to find info on that, I’d hope.

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      what keywords should i look out for? searching my ISP and “Piracy” makes is seem like they’re pretty active about this stuff

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        check if you can find customers who have reported receiving notices in the mail or actions taken on their customer accounts. try to find out what the penalties for violating their policy is.

        if they are pretty active, you might be stuck resorting to encrypting all of your traffic, aka a vpn

        with that vpn and some minor setup in your torrent client you can avoid all of this. for example in qbittorrent there is an option to “bind to interface” and you set it to bind to your vpn interface, so if the vpn goes down all your torrent traffic shuts down.

        i use nord, haven’t had a single issue in years, and i have received notices at multiple addresses in the past. thus… had to get vpn if i wanted to continue safely 😞

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    Depends on the country. I once got some people in trouble when I passed through Germany because I didn’t know internet is heavily censored/surveilled there. Haven’t had trouble anywhere else though. Do some research on your country.

    The biggest threats come from the movie industry. Just use streaming sites for movies and series, torrent the other stuff.

    Look into Tribler, I2P and Utopia.

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      It’s just Germany, the rest of Europe (EU and non-EU) doesn’t actively care about them unless it’s cp.

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      Eastern Europe would be a yes. I know Germany is super anal about copyright but dunno about the rest of the EU.

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      I use it in croatia, but its so funny here since no one really cares. people around me torrent on daily basis for 20ish years and nobody got ISP letter. Even friends are laughing because I spend money on that lol. Its only 5€ a month and I use it for other things as well. Just get it if you can or 🤞

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    There are very few countries where torrenting is safe. Generally speaking: No. You can try file hosters or other platforms, or share a VPN with a friend or use services similar to a VPN. AFAIK there is not alternative that’s as fast and convenient as Torrent, though.

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        A good start would be to check the website and go from there. I don’t know of a good, singular guide unfortunately—there are a couple different ways of going about torrenting on I2P.

        I can confirm that torrenting on I2P works quite well! You may have to set aside a couple weeks per movie, though. Still, the torrent selection is decent, if not quite as good as what you would get on the clearnet. You’ll want to check the postman tracker (tracker2.postman.i2p) once you have everything set up.

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      I wouldn’t rely on that being mole free. Check your tracker’s rules before using a VPN. They might require a static IP.

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    Look for news in your country about people getting into bad situations for this. Ask in local forums etc

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    Do you have any access to internet services without registering with your name?

    Maybe at public transportation, in a mall… Please don’t bring trouble to any small businesses.

    Be prepared to find usual ports blocked and research on how to randomize your MAC address.

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    Debrid services are usually cheaper (as low as $2.5/month), but you’re limited to public trackers with them.

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    I use a private tracker and never get any mentions from my ISP because the studios aren’t on the private trackers to search for IPs because they don’t get invited and also would get banned for not seeding.

    I made the mistake of using a public tracker to download something I couldn’t find on my private tracker and got forwarded a DMCA notice the next day by my ISP.

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    To answer your question in short , is it safely possible? No.

    From your replies it seems your ISP is active against piracy. If budget is tight I recommend, use seedr.cc it gives you 2gb free and it torrents on your behalf, so you’re legally safe. Also you can extend seedr.cc to 4gb as WELL without paying. Dm me if you want to know how.

    I know it’s not enough for big games and stuff, but most TV shows and movies you can find decent 1080p rips within that.

    Anything else will require some investment/cost.

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      I want to add to this, if you want to stream from seedr, don’t use their streaming option. instead, right click on download button, copy link, then paste in VLC.

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        Agreed, also the .part file can be played in VLC as well, it’s the same thing as copy pasting the link in VLC though, but this way you can keep the file.

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      It’s safe as long as nobody breaks the rules. If law enforcement or copyright holders really wanted a login they could probably get an invite from somebody. The weak link in security is always going to be a person.

      Once they infiltrated a private tracker, they’d either have to hack them or download every torrent they want to and track down the seeders. 90% of the seeders would probably be in a different country so, is it really worth their effort? They’re not going to get the people ripping the shows and movies.

      So yes, I think getting caught on a private tracker is possible. Perhaps not probable.

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    I have a seedbox (ultra cc). The legally questionable part happens between the seeder and my seedbox IP. I download the files via SSH/SFTP with my blank IP. Since 7 years. No popo yet.