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Venat0r, (edited ) to piracy in Is BT over Tor still not recommened?

You could probably rent a seedbox or more generic service like an aws ecs instance and then download from the seedbox or s3 via tor.

520, to piracy in Is BT over Tor still not recommened?

Always will be because of the way the two technologies work at a fundamental level.

eya, to piracy in Is BT over Tor still not recommened?
@eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

yes

mateomaui, to piracy in Is BT over Tor still not recommened?

Literally on the current download page:

https://i.imgur.com/5I4gjZH.jpg

umami_wasbi,

Then I’m sorry for not reading carefully.

rar, to piracy in Is BT over Tor still not recommened?

It’s never been recommended and it never was a good idea.

beta_tester, to piracy in Is BT over Tor still not recommened?

Tldr.

Bt over tor is still not recommended

rufus, to piracy in Is BT over Tor still not recommened?

It will never get recommended. It’s bad for the network and bad for your privacy.

umami_wasbi,

Can you please elaborate more on my next post? Thanks. lemmy.ml/post/7508828

rufus,

I answered there. Not sure why you open a completely new post for that follow-up question?! You could have asked just here.

umami_wasbi,

I thought it is better as the focus is different: one is about “Is a blog post written 13 years ago still valid today”, the other one is “If BT protocol leaks information anyways, why VPN is acceptable but other’s not.” That’s the reasoning.

supervent, to piracy in Is BT over Tor still not recommened?

Yes. It is better to use i2p for bittorrent. Now qbittorrent it is compatible.

FatTony,
@FatTony@lemmy.world avatar

Would you say this is better than using a VPN or just as good?

supervent,

Better, because it is free and secure. And at same time you are torrenting, you are helping the network. But a downside, it is the speed and amount of peers you find is less compared to the clearnet. Also it is not the best option to surf the clearnet, tor is better at this.

umami_wasbi,

Thanks. I was hoping 13 years will bring some improvements but sadly seems like not.

umami_wasbi,

I don’t understand what the down votes are for. Disagreement? What’s wrong in hoping for improvements in a 13 years gap? I understand and agree that BT over Tor is bad, but two doesn’t conflict.

Draconic_NEO,
@Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

The way it was worded might be seen as improvements to torrenting on Tor instead of improvements to i2p.

ReversalHatchery, (edited )

I think they meant the former, but if there were downvotes that’s still weird

kirk781,

hoping for improvements

There have been improvements, just on the fronts you haven’t been looking for. Also, if I am correct, torrenting over Tor would be painfully slow compared to normally doing it or via a VPN. It is not worth the hassle.

netburnr,
@netburnr@lemmy.world avatar

Did you eat paint chips as a child?

netchami,

Tor is not meant for torrenting, so improvements to torrenting on Tor will never be made.

db2, to piracy in Is BT over Tor still not recommened?

Yes.

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