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Advanced pirates, whats a tip others might not know? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Shere_Khan@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I'll start. Did you know you can run a headless version of JD2 on a raspberry pi? It's not the greatest thing in the world, but sometimes its nice to throw a bunch of links in there and go to sleep.

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[-] crossover@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I’ve personally found it better to pay for a seedbox and connect to it via encrypted FTP than to worry about VPNs and downloading torrents locally. I share the cost between a couple of friends and we all access the seedbox and download/stream what we need from it. I don’t have to worry about keeping my computer running either.

[-] webhead@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

So my question is, whose name is on the seedbox? I've seen people say this...is it one of the special hosts that will just send you a notice and not tell the complaint filer who you are? Connecting to a VPN or proxy has been easy enough and cheaper lol.

[-] crossover@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

I signed up using an anonymous email address and paid with bitcoin. I get an email from the seedbox provider when an “abuse notification” is receiving which recommends I stop the torrent. They claim no personal information is given out.

[-] Shere_Khan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 months ago

I havent used one, but thats what it seems like to me. someone sets up a server in a country that doesn't care about dmca, and you pay for them to download torrents and handle the encryption, etc.

[-] PolarisFx@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Mine is in the Netherlands, I only use private tracker and Usenet and haven't had any issues. I also have 4TB storage so I run my Plex server off it. Great setup. No notices, or any bullshit really

[-] traches@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Personally I switched away from a seedbox to a VPN, but only after building up a stupid ratio on several trackers. It's annoying to manage two copies of everything, you have to download everything twice, and drive space on seedboxes is expensive.