I've been wanting to get into torrenting for a while, particularly contributing to private trackers related to music (and to a lesser extent retro games, though I don't have much original stuff to put there as it's harder to find rare games than rare music). FMHY recommends RiseUp if I must get a free VPN while I'm working on my financial situation, though I'm not sure whether it's been tested in court. What are my options, if any?

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[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 62 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Use someone else's wifi.

I used to park my car in a Home Depot parking lot when I went to work with a laptop torrenting until the battery died.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 25 points 6 days ago

I lived above a Starbucks for a while, that was the best VPN I ever had!

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I used to do that at the Burger King that was next to my old house. I'd prop my laptop up by the window the faced the restaurant and start downloading.

Then at some point they added something to the WiFi that, after you've been connected for like 30 minutes, disconnects you. You wouldn't be banned or anything, it would just cut the connection until you go back to the captive portal and click "I Agree" again.

I feel like a lot of public WiFis these days have data caps and throttling to circumvent downloading.

[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 7 points 6 days ago

Hard to get a positive seed ratio this way, but definitely seems like best bet for someone that can't afford airvpn