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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    7 months ago

    It’s good opsec to have a VPN when torrenting but thats largely due to the risk of being identified commiting a crime.(Or at the very least, having your ISP send you an angry letter about copyright infringement)

    If thats not part of your threat model, then you dont need to worry.

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      7 months ago

      Or you live in a country that purelly doesn’t care about it to the point you can have a seedbox running 24/7 throught your network.

      Bonus points if it also shows your “location” to be 100km away. To the point that it sometimes shows you to be in another country next to your.

      Another point when it changes your public ip address dailly.