Hello, i wanted to know to what extent do the ISPs or police pursue torrenting. In the 90’s it was acceptable and fairly wide-spread. I am unsure how it looks now.

  • black0ut@pawb.socialEnglish
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    9 months ago

    There is encryption that will save you unless ISPs use shadow peers, which they can’t use retroactively.

    Edit, cuz I think the scope of my original comment has been misunderstood, my bad:

    Of course, ISPs can still know you’re torrenting, and if they don’t like that, you will get letters. But they can’t know what you torrented.

    If you’re gonna torrent, get informed about the laws in your country and how ISPs enforce anti-piracy measures, and if you can freely torrent in your country, there’s no need to use a VPN. Encryption will save you from ISPs retroactively snooping on what you torrented.

    • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Are there any countries where torrenting is legal? AFAIK, all countries ban sharing of copyrighted content. For example where I live it’s legal to download stuff, but not sharing it with others. You can’t really avoid sharing with torrents.