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Got an email from ISP (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by penquin@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemm.ee

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How does this firm (or whatever it is) know I torrented something? My VPN app took a shit in the middle of a download and I think it exposed my IP to some "anti-piracy" bullshit firm that contacted my ISP. ISP emailed to let me know and to "not do it again". How does this firm know about torrenting? Do they like watch these sites and hope someone's VPN slips like mine did today?

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[+] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oof, sorry. This will depend on OS and the software you use for FW configs. I am too dumb.

For example, I use UFW on Linux. So for me it's

# Deny all incoming and outgoing traffic by default
ufw default deny outgoing
ufw default deny incoming

# Allow connection to VPN server
ufw allow out to <VPN server IP address> [port] <VPN server port number> [proto] <tcp|udp>

# Allow connection via VPN interface
ufw allow out on <interface name> from any to any

# Enable UFW
ufw enable

That's just one simple way.