So I am moving to Germany and since they are pretty rough on their piracy laws (even though I’ve not had a leak in ten years) I don’t feel the old VPN/killswitch/public tracker thing is going to keep me safe enough.

So I’ve been looking into seedboxes and am interested in ultra.cc but still using VPN and FileZilla for downloading. I read up on their allowance of public trackers, but if they receive a DMCA notice they can send it to you or delete your account.

So I ask, for those that use seedboxes how do you get by with public trackers? All I really care about is downloading games (FitGirl).. I am accepted to 1 private tracker but they have no games and am struggling…

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I haven't had any issues with public trackers on ultra.cc. I probably download about 100 or so public torrents a month, but that's not new release stuff that's likely to get a DMCA notice.

The VPN killswitch is not safe for bittorrent, it doesn't work fast enough. Binding the torrent client to the VPN interface is safe though.

[–] unglucklicherHund@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Does the VPN/killswitch even really matter when your torrent client is in a seedbox I’m not sure. I was under the impression it wasn’t even possible in this case

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, you don't need a VPN if you're using a seedbox.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

So like, the government doesn't subpoena the seedbox company to find out what you download?

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

The killswitch isn't safe for bittorrent on your own PC as they have a tendency to expose your IP briefly when the connection drops before it kicks in. Binding your torrent client to your VPN network is 100% reliable though so no need for a seedbox.