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   Adam Conover (adamconover@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 12:02:19 JST Adam Conover

   Is there a consensus best VPN service to use for torrenting (for a 24/7 home seedbox)? I want to see some, uh, Linux distros.

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     Viss (viss@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 12:04:38 JST Viss

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     @adamconover mullvad says they're torrent friendly, but if you're even halfway good at linux cmdline, you could nab the wireguard roadwarrior shellscript from github, its a one shot script to create any 5 dollar vps you can setup anywhere into a wireguard endpoint.

     also, so long as you're using private trackers it shouldnt be a big deal. (i may have a couple invites kicking around)

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     mjec (mjec@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 12:10:35 JST mjec

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     @adamconover Mullvad or PIA would be my recommendations

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     Adam Conover (adamconover@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 12:16:29 JST Adam Conover

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     Sorry, I should have added: For torrenting, I need port forwarding, and split tunneling because I also want to run a Plex server. So not every service will work (for instance, Mullvad offers neither on Macs)

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     Joé McKen (joemcken@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 13:01:21 JST Joé McKen

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     @adamconover I use, and highly recommend, Private Internet Access. Supports both OpenVPN & WireGuard, a strict no-logging policy proven twice in court, is very torrent-friendly, supports port-forwarding and split-tunneling, has a killswitch, various proxy options, etc. There are various “ideal PIA settings for torrenting apps” guides you can look up.

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     Rt (ir)Rev Hendel 🤦‍♂️ (hendel@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 13:08:30 JST Rt (ir)Rev Hendel 🤦‍♂️

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     @adamconover I have a seedbox from whatbox.ca that also runs a Plex server.

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     Issac Kelly (issackelly@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 13:53:47 JST Issac Kelly

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     @adamconover what is your goal in a VPN? Sounds like you are trying to access your own tools not obfuscate your traffic, right?

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     Biohazard (biohazardous@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 13:58:04 JST Biohazard

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     @adamconover

     I understand that Qbitorrent for downloading files and PIA (Private Internet Access) for the VPN can do that. The Plex server traffic is encrypted, and I think it's best to run the server on a separate machine. But have PIA on the machine you're running Qbittorrent or your other torrent handler on, and copy completed files over to the server through your LAN. Programs like Sonarr and Radarr can even automate that process.

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     be3n (be3n@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 14:13:43 JST be3n

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     @adamconover raspberry pi make great seed boxes. (about to be available again) you can tune the firewall to fail closed and not allow any non-local connections but thru the VPN. port fwd for seeding is handled thru the vpn. web based connection to control. SMB/NFS connection to file/plex server. download directly or move them automatically when they are done. hit me up if you need one until stocks improve.

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     chris overcash (covercash@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 22:38:26 JST chris overcash

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     @adamconover are you boycotting streaming services during the strike? Looking for media that’s no longer or has never been available on streamers? Or is this for other things like games or apps?
     If it’s for media consumption, I’m a big fan of having someone else to do the dirty work and paying ~$15/mo for a Plex/Emby/Jellyfin share. No need for a VPN there…

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     chris overcash (covercash@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 22:42:11 JST chris overcash

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     @adamconover I’d highly recommend a Firewalla Gold Plus in this scenario, it’ll let you have a single instance of your VPN running on it and can then route specific devices, sites, or ports through that connection… so even if Mullvad no longer offers port forwarding, the Firewalla can still make it happen.

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     Adam Conover (adamconover@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 01:58:22 JST Adam Conover

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     @beingbrad On macs?

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     Brad (beingbrad@mstdn.ca)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 01:58:23 JST Brad

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     @adamconover PIA offers this.

     https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-a-vpn/1218buyavpn?invite=U2FsdGVkX19yqI7ihr_4gWAuMx0TN6ftoT75cBP1wR0%2Ckg2ZAX_UlZpzwg_ksyLytge-L5Q