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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[–] doodoo_wizard@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If you care about your country’s laws why would you purchase a service subject to kyc laws in order to break your country’s laws in order to be on public trackers?

Just use a paid vpn with port forwarding like air or something and get on a private tracker for games. It’s easy, all it takes is consistency and organization. The sooner you start, the sooner you can finish.

E: it may not be clear what I’m saying. Kyc is short for know your customer. Places that offer services or process payments are subject to kyc laws that make it a requirement that the processor or service provider have records of who they’re handling the money of or selling services to. It’s relatively easy to purchase a vpn while bypassing kyc but buying a vps (virtual private server, the type of service that a seedbox is) using a chain of tools and payment handlers that bypass kyc is much harder.

When you say that the seedbox provider you’re considering will forward requests or delete your account it’s kyc laws that create the terrain that forces that set of behaviors.

If you’re worried about your country’s anti piracy laws coming down on you for using public trackers then using a seedbox service that’s legally required to be able to be tracked to you (because they have to know their customer) isn’t a way to bypass that.

You’re gonna have to learn to bind your client to an interface no matter what, but getting off public trackers is a great way to avoid legal problems.