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A lot of my files were shitty 480p versions of movies from the Napster days. Now they're all 1080p, with a few 720p exceptions (mainly tv series episodes). All in all 500 something files in total. Now just watching uTorrent slowly download them all. Hopefully my VPN keeps the eyes off of me...

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

I raw dog my torrents with no VPN

Can someone tell me the actual risks involved? I always thought it was so you didn't get your ISP up your ass and shut you off, my power company is my ISP and they don't give a shit

What really am I risking here?

Edit: US

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

Me, Germany, 20 years of no VPN = nothing ever happend Friend of me, also germany, downloads Minecraft once without VPN = 800€ cease and desist letter So yeah. Pretty much a gamble.

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

Should probably switch to qbtorrent. What VPN are you using?

[–] Greyfoxsolid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

NordVPN. Is that a good one?

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

Umm from my understanding they handed over their users data some years ago. I think the authorities might've asked, you may have to google that.

I've been using Mullvad, it's like $5/mo and their servers are fast. They have servers all over the world. Mullvad did away with port forwarding. This article favors Nordvpn but it depends what your needs are

https://www.safetydetectives.com/blog/nordvpn-vs-mullvad-vpn-comparison/

Edit 1, they do comply with law enforcement https://www.pcmag.com/news/nordvpn-actually-we-do-comply-with-law-enforcement-data-requests

[–] Romanmir@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You re-downloaded your media to get better quality files.

I re-downloaded my media because I misconfigured Radarr.

We are not the same.

[–] Romanmir@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago

Also, pro-tip: When configuring Radarr (or Sonarr for that matter), be sure to define a recycle bin.

I woke up the next morning with all my media wiped. That was in June/July. I'm still recovering.