Surprised no one has mentioned using a remote seedbox. There are providers who allow public torrent use, even if some of them discourage it. You can download torrents via a remote server, and then connect to that server via ssh, syncthing or sftp, which are all encrypted, and has the added benefit of giving you a shot at getting into private trackers, if you ever snag an open invite, where having a seedbox is almost essential.
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Move down under to New Zealand - although we do have a 3 strikes law, the clament has to pay all fees upfront to thr ISP and get a court order first...
We mostly raw dog it down here
They can't afford $5/month for a VPN and you're suggesting they move to a different country? I have a feeling that that's out of their price range as well.
See if Tribler works or fuck it and download anyway.
I’ve been wanting to get into torrenting for a while
Just do it.
I just do it "raw", using an IP denylist built into my client KTorrent. No problems for a while. But, I mostly do different media than you. (I do TV.)
You can use torrent to direct link services like seedr.cc, however they have max size limit.
use tor
I'd go for usenet. Only downloading, no uploading. Torrents are shit.
Much of what I want to do is uploading though. Also IIRC Usenet isn't any better in terms of price. The prices aren't bad gor Usenet or VPNs, my finances are just in the shitter.
I believe there are free VPN services. Maybe Proton has a free version? I know they offer a basic free version for Vivaldi browser. Just make sure they provider doesn't log traffic.
Now is black Friday, some VPN services are 75% off, that may be an option if you have at least something to spare. Sure, it's money, but a fine for illegal downloading costs much more.
Otherwise public wifi spots but speeds are probably shit.
Another option is installing Tails on a bootsble USB stick and connect through tor. But then speeds are also shit.
Proton VPN's free tier doesn't let you forward ports and generally doesn't like torrents. And you're really not supposed to torrent via Tor.
Use a free VPN.
Go to the small local library, they usually have free wifi, sometimes without registration and if you're lucky they don't filter any traffic.
There is also a map of open wifi hotspots online which work without registration also, but I'm too lazy to dig out the link.
Ask online for somebody to share their VPN. Many subscriptions explicitly allow inviting friends and family and allow multiple simultaneous connections.
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