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How to seed safely? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone,

I am new to the community and have some questions regarding safely seeding torrents.

When using a seedbox, should I be using a VPN (to access the control panel) on my end at all times? I am worried that the seedbox IP will be discovered by copyright groups and they will figure out who I am by contacting the seedbox provider.
Is it safe to be paying in Bitcoin? I know Monero is the safer option, but I haven't found much support for that and I'm not even sure if the copyright groups will have the means to track Bitcoin anyway.
What can possibly happen assuming I am found to be seeding copyrighted material through a seedbox. Would I just receive a DMCA notice or C&D, or would it be more severe?
Should I lean more towards being paranoid, I am not planning on becoming a big seeder and I'm sure there's bigger fish for these groups to worry about, but you never know what the future holds. Are these groups known to have a lot of resources to track seeders down?

Thanks for any help, and if there's something important that I'm missing, please let me know!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alright, thanks for your response, I've bought my Bitcoins from a p2p exchange and haven't had to verify my ID, however I have logged in without a VPN so I'm not sure how much of a threat that is. Is Monero out of the question for most things in this community?

And for context, I am not planning on torrenting anything sketchy like that, just movies and music and maybe some books too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Monero is a fine choice if your VPN provider permits it. Mullvad does and they are highly regarded at the moment. https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2022/5/3/we-now-accept-monero/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, Mullvad is already my VPN of choice, I was referring more towards seedboxes and trackers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah, same deal.