• antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    VPN provider is just as likely to rat as the private tracker, if it comes down to it. Only VPN I’d truly trust is Njalla. Anyway I’m interested in why a VPN is recommended for a private tracker.

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      1 year ago

      Because if you live in oppressive countries without privacy laws, your ISP can/will also rat you out. Like the USA.

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        1 year ago

        On a private tracker my ISP knows the domain name of my tracker, and, the IP addresses of the peers I downloaded from. They do not know any of the content, unless they join the site AND seed the content in question.