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   nyanide :nyancat_rainbow::nyancat_body::nyancat_face: (nyanide@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Monday, 14-Apr-2025 05:13:20 JST nyanide :nyancat_rainbow::nyancat_body::nyancat_face:
   do people use open proxies for torrenting?
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     nyanide :nyancat_rainbow::nyancat_body::nyancat_face: (nyanide@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Monday, 14-Apr-2025 05:18:50 JST nyanide :nyancat_rainbow::nyancat_body::nyancat_face:

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     like realistically i don't think comcast cares about torrenting at all and i just want to not have my actual ip publicly visible to lawyers so it could probably wokr
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     Desire-kun (nepiant@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 14-Apr-2025 08:46:22 JST Desire-kun

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     >open proxies
     god i have been trying to figure out what that was called for the longest time
     
     to answer your question, i don't know. i know people use vpns for it, though. i also know that you can be fined pretty significantly for sharing content as a pirate, so be sure to have protection if you're going to seed.
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     nyanide :nyancat_rainbow::nyancat_body::nyancat_face: (nyanide@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Monday, 14-Apr-2025 08:46:36 JST nyanide :nyancat_rainbow::nyancat_body::nyancat_face:

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     • Desire-kun
     @Nepiant More I'll get a scary letter in the mail and that's it. I don't like those letters.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 14-Apr-2025 16:18:19 JST 翠星石

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     @nyanide No, as bittorrent is designed to find your actual IP and transmit that to the tracker and only really works properly over UDP and if the port is rechable (it does badly work over TCP and has NAT holepunching, but you'll only be able to connect to connectable peers).
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 14-Apr-2025 16:20:56 JST 翠星石

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     • Desire-kun
     @nyanide @Nepiant VPNs are usually used for unauthorized copying over bittorrent, as the VPN company has to deal with any complaints, but VPNs have a freedom (nonfree JavaScript) and a price cost.
     
     It's quite safe to seed free software over bittorrent.
     
     As for unauthorized copying, try going trackerless and IPv6 only, as the copyright trolls don't know what IPv6 is.