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What's your take on private trackers? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Are they for you? Why or why not?

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[–] akilou 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I use a VPN and it's on a kill switch, so if it gets disconnected for whatever reason, the machine can't reach the internet at all.

I can't imagine why a private tracker would disallow you from using a VPN

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

MAM used to be quite anti-VPN but I haven't used it in years, so no idea what their take is now. They tracked quotas and stuff through your IP and required you to be online on IRC. Great content and community, but a lot of hoops to jump through.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There used to be issues with tracking ratios when using a VPN. And since many private trackers require users to maintain a specific ratio, it meant that many private trackers effectively banned VPNs. Because if you were using a VPN, you’d be stuck at a 0.00 ratio and quickly get banned.

[–] akilou 1 points 5 months ago

I use a VPN and maintain a ratio. They must use something other than IP address as a unique identifier.