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Torrenting exposes your public IP. In a country where government doesn't care, does that pose a risk? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by TheHooligan95@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I honestly don't believe I will have any legal trouble because I don't do anything like cp or worse, I just pirate media I like, not even porn. But across users of communities, or on public trackers, is IP exposure something to be concerned about?

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[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I accidentally turned off my VPN for like a few minutes while torrenting and Comcast immediately wagged their finger at me. Cover your ass.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You need a killswitch. When my VPN goes down it terminates the BitTorrent process

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

What happens if you start the torrent client without the VPN already running?

Bind your torrent client to the VPN interface, then you won't even need a killswitch.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Word to the wise.