Let’s not turn this into what the Reddit subreddit of Piracy has turned into and that’s an endless sea of questions that are all the same - “Do I need a VPN?”.

And the loud and vocal answer to such a question is - yes. Yes you do need a VPN for pirating. Nobody gets a VPN for casual use and I’m under the impression that VPN services know a lot of people are going to be going to them for pirating and not just accessing content out of their country. And it’s for that reason, is why I’m skeptical on entrusting my activity with the bigger VPN names available.

I use ProtonVPN myself, by the way.

Pirating under your raw IP address, only will set you up to get pegged by your ISP whether it’s in a short time or a long time. I’ve only ever gotten one single ISP letter in my entire 26 years of pirating and it was simply because I downloaded without a VPN. Well I was also downloading off of someone else’s network to take the fall, but I was confronted about it either way.

And I’ve gotten away with so much pirating because of my careful cautiousness when it comes to pirating. That and this applies to the United States, but the statue of limitations is 3 years when it comes to copyright infringement. So, good fucking luck to any ISP or so that wishes to try and nail me for something I downloaded 10 years ago, but I digress.

But a large part of me avoiding so much does contribute to having a VPN. So, yes, VPN is required. Please don’t ask anybody in the pirating community 100 questions that are all just ways to ask whether or not you need a VPN. You do.

  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    7·
    11 hours ago

    I work for a VPN company. There may be many shitty VPN companies that do keep logs, but not all of them.

    You just need to pick the right ones, ideally audited ones.

    Also, VPNs are absolutely required in some countries if you’re using public torrents. Even if they’re not required in your country right now, you’re still advertising that you’re doing illegal stuff if you don’t use one.

      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
        7·
        6 hours ago

        If the mouse comes after your ass unfortunately yes they do kind of get to decide what is and isn’t legal. A lot of it depends on your country’s relationship with the US.

        • ladfrombrad 🇬🇧@lemdro.idEnglish
          3·
          8 hours ago

          I work for a VPN company.

          So, you understand how things work then right? Or are you being hypothetical?

          In most jurisdictions, piracy is illegal no?

          No, it’s actually embraced by communities such as this sprouting up. Are you a caveman or something?

          • Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
            1·
            4 hours ago

            No, it’s actually embraced by communities such as this sprouting up. Are you a caveman or something?

            Not the same guy, and I don’t mind piracy at all, but being embraced by a community doesn’t make something not illegal.

            That’s very much decided by the law of the land you live in, and in most lands it’s classed as a form of theft or copyright infringement, which is illegal.

            Also, bit rude to suggest he’s a caveman for making a perfectly valid point