So I am moving to Germany and since they are pretty rough on their piracy laws (even though I’ve not had a leak in ten years) I don’t feel the old VPN/killswitch/public tracker thing is going to keep me safe enough.
So I’ve been looking into seedboxes and am interested in ultra.cc but still using VPN and FileZilla for downloading. I read up on their allowance of public trackers, but if they receive a DMCA notice they can send it to you or delete your account.
So I ask, for those that use seedboxes how do you get by with public trackers? All I really care about is downloading games (FitGirl)… I am accepted to 1 private tracker but they have no games and am struggling…
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AirVPN is fine, make sure to bind the interface, there are docker containers which prevent leakage too, you can then host a home seedbox.
I’m not sure how I feel about a home seedbox because from my research I see that if something were to fail it would should my IP. Plus it seems too complicated for me to make sure that doesn’t happen…
I haven’t had any issues with public trackers on ultra.cc. I probably download about 100 or so public torrents a month, but that’s not new release stuff that’s likely to get a DMCA notice.
The VPN killswitch is not safe for bittorrent, it doesn’t work fast enough. Binding the torrent client to the VPN interface is safe though.
Does the VPN/killswitch even really matter when your torrent client is in a seedbox I’m not sure. I was under the impression it wasn’t even possible in this case
The killswitch isn’t safe for bittorrent on your own PC as they have a tendency to expose your IP briefly when the connection drops before it kicks in. Binding your torrent client to your VPN network is 100% reliable though so no need for a seedbox.
No, you don’t need a VPN if you’re using a seedbox.
So like, the government doesn’t subpoena the seedbox company to find out what you download?
If they did they’d have the harddisk anyways so VPN wouldn’t stop anything.
Unless you get the dedicated server options (which are significantly more expensive), you wouldn’t get to run your own encryption solutions to hide your entire disk from your seedbox provider anyways.
I’m not sure what the seedbox hard disk would have that would trace back to you. But if they have your IP address they can send a letter to your ISP or whatever they do.
typically you’d just take a seedbox that wouldn’t do that. Unless you are using like a mainstream commercial server like aws/azure as one.
Most seedbox providers use virtual machines to have a bunch of customer share a single IP, and any self respecting ones will not keep logs to associate any particular outgoing connection with a particular customer.
Gluetun and Deluge/qBittorrent using docker networking never failed me.
How to bind docker container to network interface of existing vpn application?
Never found work method.
No need for a seedbox if you only really care is downloading on public trackers. Another alternative is Real Debrid.
Why no need?
I have good experiences with torbox, they have a webdav server you can use to transfer your downloaded files to your PC. Their most premium tier also gives you access to usenet, if that’s of any interest for you.
(even though I’ve not had a leak in ten years) I don’t feel the old VPN/killswitch/public tracker thing is going to keep me safe enough.
Yes it’s gonna keep you safe if you make sure to bind your VPN to your torrent client. It’s safer than a kill switch.
If you care about your country’s laws why would you purchase a service subject to kyc laws in order to break your country’s laws in order to be on public trackers?
Just use a paid vpn with port forwarding like air or something and get on a private tracker for games. It’s easy, all it takes is consistency and organization. The sooner you start, the sooner you can finish.
