Controversial take: TOR shouldn't be used to download large amounts of pirates stuff. The network is already slow and congested and should be kept available for people that need it to fight censorship or other forms of oppression.

Why not get a VPN? Even a free one like Proton allows DDL and gives you protection. And it's also faster.

[–] mystik@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

TOR needs to have a lot of 'background noise' legit use, otherwise the folks needing to hide in the weeds stick out like a sore thumb.

[–] brockpriv@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What kind of legit stuff can be done on tor?

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

I think they mean using it for other purposes like general use. Basically whatever else you would do on a browser, including pirating. Like just open it and use it for all the random stuff you do in your day to day, and if a lot of people do this, it can add additional coverage for people that need to use it for evading dictators and whatnot

[–] SitD@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

i use it for Facebook because i don't want the Facebook embeds in many websites to even pick up that i have the same ip as the dedicated Facebook browser

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 7 points 1 year ago

Controversial take: TOR shouldn't be used to download large amounts of pirates stuff.

Maybe only controversial amongst entitled filesharers (read: those who are simply too lazy or cheap to use something else). The Tor project has been recommending against this since even before 2010: https://blog.torproject.org/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-idea/