It seems so stupid that I'm like a suspect for wanting an exchange of information without dropping my pants and bending over. No, I don't want cookies. Yes I want to read the article but no, I don't want to "sign up."

It makes me feel like being a f*cking hermit. But I prefer to pirate. Even though I'm not that good at it. Screw them. I got two private trackers, a VPN, and I hope that's enough.

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[–] flooppoolf@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

How do you get “good” private trackers man. Either they’re all empty or just seem impossible to get into

[–] vildis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Open signups happen frequently but you have to be quick to catch them

Opentrackers.org and r/opensignups (or r/trackersignups) are good to check once in a while

MyAnonaMouse has open applications twice a week and the test is very easy

[–] Deckweiss@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

maaan, I have to go to reddit for that? Ewww

[–] themachine@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Depends on which tracker. In general though invites and you get invites by association with relevant groups. Sometimes open registration occurs (though rarely) an other times the trakcer may do interviews.

It mostly comes down to time and patience.

[–] flooppoolf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I got a pretty letter from speck_t_rum once.

Been a paranoid ever since.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Should’ve had a VPN up!

[–] themachine@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't see how thats relevant.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

VPN will encrypt your traffic so your ISP can't spy on you. That's the whole point of a VPN.

[–] themachine@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

But I wasn't even talking about vpns. Just private trackers and how to get into them.

[–] flooppoolf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It said stop torrenting or face a biiiig fine. I’ll try and follow the guides to avoid this but I’m still a bit paranoid. Maybe I was loooking for reassurance that vpn and private trackers are good enough.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

I torrented stuff on spectrum for years through a VPN without issue. Just make sure your torrent client is bound to the VPN network adapter only to prevent leaks.

[–] snowe@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

By not torrenting. Use Usenet instead. Way safer and easier. Once I went Usenet I literally haven’t touched a single torrent in over a decade.

[–] flooppoolf@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Here we gooooo

Into the rabbit hole that is, idk what Usenet is

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

Newsgroups.
Basically (Its all afaik) bulletin boards and meant for groups juat chatting like we do here on reddit/lemmy.
But they also host binaries that (when put together) equal a movie file. Kinda like a multi-rar file.
Thwy usually have deals around black friday.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Search the term "OpenSignups"
They less elite one open usually during holidays like Easter Christmast, Black Friday and summer break.