I never did it. How can I do it? And where I need to go for it?
On windows, I used Mullvad VPN and Qbittorrent. The settings suggested by Rodneyck are also what I used for qbittorrent.
And a tip: if you notice qbittorrent is not downloading your torrents but has lots of seeders and your VPN is connected… try restarting qbittorrent (right click the tray icon and quit) and it should start downloading.
Check out Tribler. It uses a similar technology to Tor, but for torrents.
Nice try, cop.
Start by checking the Megathread and other resources in the sidebar.
These resources are really all you need, but they’re all individually quite focused so for a new person it can be hard to see the forest.
An overview:
For movies, streaming sites are fine.
To start torrenting safely:
- get a paid vpn (i use mullvad)
- download qbittorrent or the like
- find a public tracker from the megathead, general ones are easy/convenient for starting imo
- virus scan/use common sense/be careful
I thought Mullvad didn’t port forward any more so torrents didn’t work with it?
It works for me… I think it’s something like it goes faster with port forwarding but to be honest I don’t know the details.
I’m checking out the free version of Proton VPN now after paying for PIN for a while. Haven’t used it to torrent or anything yet. Just trying to run most the time now for increased security in this new era. Are unpaid versions less secure? I’m not so much worried about the price. Just checking out something different.
At least Proton isn’t a scammy company compared to most other free VPNs. And they still allow port forwarding on paid plans, so they are quite a good choice for torrenting. I think Proton and Mullvad are probably the most recommended options around here.
Yes. I hadn’t looked at any of this stuff in a long time. Mullvad is something I’m definitely going to check out as I’m seeing it recommended in a lot of comments. Thank you.
The free version of proton VPN does not allow torrenting
Technically you can torrent with it, but the free tier does not include port forwarding, so you will not be able to seed very effectively.
Edit: disregard, I was remembering incorrectly.
i thought it doesn’t allow peer to peer connections?
I just searched it a bit, and I think you’re right. I was thinking the paid tier only let you use port forwarding and access their servers optimized for P2P traffic, but it sounds like they actually block P2P traffic on the free tier.
My bad!
haha, I guess I don’t have wonder about crossing that bridge. Thanks.
As a general rule, if you’re getting a service for free, you’re the product.
I don’t know much about the downsides of free in the context of VPNs, as I didn’t really get in to the technical ins and outs. But when we’re talking security and privacy I think the cost of supporting something good and sustainable is well worth it.
I’ve heard port forwarding is helpful for speed, and that might be a paid only thing, but to be honest I’m consistently surprised by how fast things go for me just using mullvad.
Another thing you may wish to consider: the Proton CEO has praised Trump which is a huge red flag to me in the privacy space.
All good points. Thank you.
There are very few altruistic services, it’s generally good to asume that when something is free, you are the product in some way.
True. Seems to be their approach is to get folks hooked and then try to sell them stuff. Not all the features are available for free, of course.
Honestly? If it’s your first time and you just want to watch movies for free? Install an adblocker (uBlock Origin Lite, for example) and check out the websites listed at https://fmhy.net/videopiracyguide.
Step 1: download the free ProtonVPN app; https://protonvpn.com/download
Step 2: download the free qbittorrent app; https://www.qbittorrent.org/
Step 3: download vlc media player; https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Step 4: install and connect ProtonVPN to a free server.
Step 5: Pick a public torrent website from the wiki and look for a movie you want to watch.
Step 6: copy the magnet link the website lists and add it to bittorrent. Wait for it to connect and download.
Step 7: enable showing extensions if you use windows; https://www.howtogeek.com/205086/beginner-how-to-make-windows-show-file-extensions/
Step 8: make sure that all your downloaded files only ever play in vlc, and that they arent .exe files.
Step 9: leave qbittorrent running (and seeding!) On your computer after your movies are downloaded.
For newbies qbitrorrent’s search is more than adequate enough to replace steps 5-7. But this is a great guide!
Yes, the search is great for starting out! But i think you need to add the python-search plugins first, right? Not that its hard to do but it is something that needs to be done first
Proton VPN doesn’t allow P2P file downloading (torrents) on its free version.
Yes, but it still works. So long as you don’t overdo it, like someone who isn’t new to this, it’ll work just fine for a start.
I don’t know how it work for you but not me. Are you sure you lock qbitorrent to the VPN only? Otherwise qbitorrent may just use you normal internet.
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Proton’s CEO is problematic and a bit of a wild card.
Could you say a bit more about this? I’m a Proton user, and this is the first I’ve heard of this.
EDIT: Oh my goodness. https://archive.ph/LlbSj He might as well have given Trump a BJ.
MORE: https://archive.ph/quYyb
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There are two schools of thought, and one of them is insanely wrong.
The current preferred method (by youngins) for pirating is by using a VPN provider to “hide” your torrent traffic, which is generally valid, but it’s not a silver bullet and it’s a wrong way to think.
The other is to use a seedbox, which is a remote server hosted in a country that doesn’t recognize piracy as a crime to begin with…
The choice is clear. Especially when you consider to get a good private VPN you’ll have to pay $5-10/mo. You may as well pay $5-10/mo to commit a crime where no one thinks its a crime, then you never have to worry about it. Using a VPN you can still get caught, it’s just exceptionally rare because conditions have to line up perfectly. But what if your VPN is down, and you accidentally begin a download? You willing to get a $100,000 fine for that?
Just use a damn seedbox.
Question out of curiosity, do you then keep stuff on the seedbox only or do you download to your local hard drive in your country? Because that download would still be illegal or wouldn’t it? Just if we are talking about legality of things, everything else set aside.
Downloading copyrighted material isnt a crime; redistribuiting it is. (Seeding, in the case of torrents)
But then leeching via torrents is also legal. So one could just be an asshole for legality’s sake.
That is coincidentally exactly what meta is arguing in their lawsuit.
Because that download would still be illegal
Of course its still illegal. I’m not saying it’s using a seedbox makes it legal to download illegal torrents. It’s just legal in the country of your seedbox. So if your seedbox provider gets a DMCA notice, they’re going to throw it directly in the trash.
Additionally, between my seedbox and me, is encrypted. So how would anyone know what I download from my private seedbox? There’s realistically no way to get “caught.” Copyright holders pay people to monitor torrent traffic for people to prosecute and hassle–but the same isn’t true for private servers which encrypt traffic.
Just wanted to point out that if your client is configured properly it won’t have any connections while the VPN is down.
Yeah qbittorrent really locks this down and makes it fool-proof quite easily.
I noticed that none of my anime torrents were downloading last week. I was like hmm did my VPN get IP banned? Then I tried a private tracker. Last ditch effort was the Arch Linux iso.
I forgot to pay my VPN for the year. As soon as I did, restarted the container, boom back to business as usual
This is true, but when you factor in only maybe 10% of people know and understand how to enable a VPN kill-switch, it doesn’t bring much comfort.
Yeah i dump everything into the box now. My qbit hasnt been updated in years lmao. Its convenient when i can use it to stream too lol
You will want to find a proper torrent site, this is not going to be easy considering you’re new to this. Using public sites you get a world of other problems such as malware.
Getting a seed box is an option, then you can install a media server like Jellyfin. But a lot of reputable seed boxes don’t allow public trackers.
get a decent VPN
Just get things like premiumize or alldebrid I can’t remember the last time I even opened a torrent.
Use a VPN. Here’s a free one: https://riseup.net/en/vpn
Go to a torrent site, such as https://1337x.to/
Search the movie you want, find a torrent that suits you.
Download and watch.
Here’s a free streaming site: https://hydrahd.sh/
Personally, i would never get a free one. But mullvad have gained my trust. Especially as they have been raided, proved that what the LE wanted did not exist, and therefore by law they had to turn around and leave ^^
I’d agree, but RiseUp is one of few good things online that’s free and not sucking your data off the bone. They’re a group of anarchists who provide free online services (mainly email, newsletters, a vpn) for free for activists.
And the FBI has raided them once and found nothing.
How’s mullvad for torrenting? Any limitations? (Currently use Airvpn)
I’ve done it a bit and it simply just works. I haven’t checked any ‘rules’. But for standard tormenting, all good and never encountered a limitation! :)
Never use a Free VPN, unless it’s a reputable limited free VPN like Windscribe
I would normally agree but I have used riseup when money was tight and they still seem fine.
Yeah RiseUp is the only free one I actively trust.
VPN, virtual machine and a good site to find torrents with seeds
Unless you’re Canadian, then you can just raw dawg pirate whatever with no repercussion. IP cannot be associated to an identity here. At worst you get cease and desists notices emailed to you by your ISP but you can ignore them, ISPs are obligated to forward these. Especially notices from companies outside of Canada.
It all depends on where you live, in Poland they don’t care unless you’re pirating polish productions. Then the fist of God crushes you. Allegedly
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Your reply makes no sense
VPN - yes, torrenting software - yes, go online - yes and only download from legal parties and don’t pirate ever - what? Why would you need a VPN if you only ever torrent legal stuff?
This thread is specifically about not so legal downloads…
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I don’t really understand why everyone’s telling you about torrents when you don’t need them to watch movies. Like, it’s nice if you want Blu Ray quality or have bad internet or something, but you don’t need to download stuff unless you really want to. I just use uBlock Origin with Firefox and one of a few streaming sites. You can find a list here: https://wiki.dbzer0.com/piracy/megathread/movies-and-tv/ (Scroll down to streaming and try one out.) It works on mobile, too.
Sometimes you’ll have to check multiple sites to find older, more obscure things, but for the most part they only really differ in their UI. Some anime sites even have options to skip the intro/outro and autoplay the next episode.
No one, in this entire thread, has thought of telling OP to sort by seeders. Are you all stupid? That’s the most important thing
