thank you :)
VPNs are still worth it for that purpose, particularly torrenting… Not sure who is saying this but they are wrong.
They might be confused about some VPNs removing port forwarding and thinking that kills their use case rather than limiting it
Somehow I’ve gotten dinged several times by my isp while torrenting behind a VPN. I’m not sure how it is happening because I am disciplined in my use and all the apps related to it will only function if the VPN is up and running. It’s almost as if there’s something in video file itself that activates outside of the VPN somehow. Or if private internet access is not offering comprehensive protection any longer.
Your OS might be leaking your DNS queries.
Bind your client to the torrenting software! Even with the best VPNs leaks can and will happen, so prepare for it.
I use a “virgin” installation of Brave for torrent browsing only and qBittorent, both bound to Private Internet Access.
How do you bind a browser to the VPN? Lol
It’s a setting in private internet access that restricts apps that you set to communicating only through VPN. If you are not connected with the VPN, the apps will not function. Kind of like a app specific kill switch
That’s basically split tunnelling which is not what I’m referring to. In my case I use qbittorrent, and in the advanced settings you can make it only download through a specific network adapter, which is infinitely better than split tunneling. I recommend you to try that!
Did you use free VPN?
They said “private internet access” which I think is a paid vpn
Yes, Paid and been great for years for me
It is owned by an advertising company, the same as expressvpn for what I now, so I dont trust it…
Edit: I checked, PIA was aquired by Kate Tecnologies which also owns ExpressVPN and the owner also has a gambling company. I would rather use Mullvad, because you can pay with monero or cash, but the best solution would be hosting your on vpn in a vps
Private Internet Access
VPNs are still worth it for privacy. I look at it as fingerprint protection. I’m not 100% certain if companies fingerprint you via IP anymore, but it’s a nice layer to anonymize my traffic because they don’t know who’s using Sever 3793’s IP.
If you want to browse the internet privately/anonymously, then use Tor (but please do not download big files using Tor! It has limited bandwidth and people in countries where thye have heavy censorship rely on Tor to communicate). If you want to hide your activity from your ISP and torrent stuff, then VPNs are absolutely still the way to go. Just make sure you use a reputable one like Mullvad or ProtonVPN
Seedboxes are pretty cool.
I think VPN’s are not a magic bullet but they serve a purpose.
