How do you overcome the fears of using your home IP to join a private tracker? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by trivial99@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I'm considering joining my first private tracker. It turns out that most of them need you to pass an interview connected through your home IP. I understand this is a reasonable way to filter scammers and duplicate accounts. Still, to those who did it, how do you feel knowing your main IP is stored and associated to your torrenting history?

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[-] liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

You can definitely join one that doesn't mind you signing up through a VPN. There are a handful that are picky, of course. I'm mostly fine with those that do have my real IP logged. The reality is that they can't prove it was me because someone from my IP happened to sign up to some site months or even years ago.