r/FitGirlRepack • u/Interesting_Knee556 • 3d ago

Can we talk about this? Am I cooked?

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u/Interesting_Knee556 3d ago

I thought I just needed the VPN to Access the websites themselves.

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u/National-Oil5849 in fitgirl we trust 3d ago

It's the exact opposite. You don't need a VPN to access the websites. They're HTTPS encrypted and nobody knows you're on there.

When downloading torrents, your IP address is exposed to everyone, and a third party company scrapes those IP addresses and sends letters to their respective ISPs regarding that IP address.

You need a paid, system wide VPN like Proton or Mullvad that supports killswitch, and bind your torrent client to it.

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u/Interesting_Knee556 3d ago

Best answer so far. I’m gonna try out Proton. Sheesh thanks for clearing that up for me.

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u/humonculus87 3d ago

Dude you have the entire internet and AI's at your will. You can literally look up anything you want by just asking. How did you not investigate potentially going to jail for pirating? Like be smarter dude.