I use a VPN when downloading, but if i want to seed, do i have to keep the VPN on?
I don’t want to have my VPN always on, as it throttles my internet speed a bit, but if i seed without using a VPN, is that just as bad as downloading in regards to the law?
I made a docker with surfshark set to auto connect and qbittorrent auto launch when the docker is booted up, so only the docker container is connected to VPN.
Why didn't you tell where you live first?
It's like the most important thing to do know because in some parts of the world VPN is redundant (UK, Romania, Spain, Turkey...) and in some places it's mandatory if you don't want to get fucked (US, Germany).
Dumb question, but why is a VPN redundant in the UK?
Not a dumb question at all.
You just don't need VPN for torrenting in UK.
Our benevolent government gives zero fucks about people torrenting stuff, because they can barely care for anything that's not themselves.
Our police couldn't organise a pissup in a brewery, they barely function as it is, and unless you murder someone or something they don't give a flying fuck.
ISPs? Exactly the same. They can't be bothered.
The only instance where you could potentially get a warning is when you download a movie that has just released recently (up to a month, maybe two, from what I found). By all means if you can't wait just use VPN to cover your tracks.
You could get into very serious legal and criminal trouble if you run a large physical piracy operation, like selling pirated DVDs and stealing cable.
Otherwise you are golden.
I've been sailing the seas for a very long time across many ISPs. Never had a single problem. Neither any of my friends and family.
Depends where you live if you need the VPN on or not. Or you can rent a seedbox if you really wanna help.
Downloading is never the problem lol, it's always been the uploading.
The uploading is the sharing part and that's what legally gets people in trouble.
Lol, “is uploading just as bad as downloading in regards to the law”. Sometimes I wonder if they really were right about vaccines and 5G causing people to go retarded.
Simple. Turn on split tunneling. Set up ONLY your torrent traffic to go through your VPN. That way you leave your VPN on all the time (to hide your torrent IP), and it has zero impact on your network speed for other applications.
Mullvad allows split tunneling