im starting to learn and search about torrent and piracy in general, do I need a VPN even if my country does not care at all about piracy?

  • CmdrShepard
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    1 year ago

    Neither Mullvad nor iVPN are offering port forwarding so neither will be ideal for torrenting.

    • Miyagi1337@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Correct as stated above, for “security”. I also put the providers that DO work for torrenting since port forwarding is required to connect to a LOT of peers, a person who doesn’t know much about VPNs to begin with probably doesn’t understand that tech jargon we use, admittedly there is always a LOT to learn.

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        1 year ago

        Not anymore. As of May 29th, “[n]ew port forwards will no longer be supported, and existing ports will be removed 2023-07-01”–meaning by now, no port forwarding is supported.