I was wondering, which country's exit nodes (VPN) do you use and why? Are some countries better than others (in terms of jurisdiction and laws, not latency)?
- For piracy: Slavic countries
- They mostly don't give a fuck about what you download. Just don't share the stuff forward.
- AVOID THE US/UK AND DACH COUNTRIES AT ALL COSTS for this if you don't want get DMCA letter.
- For privacy: Any country in the EU/EEA or Switzerland.
- Avoid the 5-eyes group (US/UK/Canada/Australia/New Zealand) whenever you can.
Also, set up Tailscale with cheap VPS' to use as exit nodes.
They mostly don't give a fuck about what you download. Just don't share the stuff forward.
That's a no go in the P2P community. Leeching is bad for the whole network and for everyone else. Especially on public torrents.
Only if you’re talking about torrents. Most visual media can be easily found on Usenet, and there’s no such thing as leeching.
The only thing I ever use torrents for anymore is books, because the mouse site is so good. Never have had problems finding TV shows or movies on Usenet.
Oh yeah so not bragging arround and/or exposing a public jellyfin/ember/plex instance?
No one is coming after your seeding in South America, except maybe Chile with its unusually close relationship with the U.S. Just saying.
- For piracy: Slavic countries
IMO if you are using a companies VPN then the larger the company, the more chance it's data is being exfiltrated. Looking at you Nord.
If you know how to host your own then your risk goes dramatically down. Although for anonymity you should choose a cloud that you don't need to give your personal info to. Good luck with that.
This is why criminals rely on hacked devices. No credit card needed.
If you are simply torrenting some media then no one is looking at you anyway. Pretty much any VPN or location would be fine for that.
Your security posture should relate to your risk.
i use riseup, but calyx and strongswan is also good if you can't host your own
blacklist: Afghanistan, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, hungary, iran, israel, japan, Italy, both Koreas, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Ukraine, UAE, UK, USA, Yemen
i mainly choose countries with strong dmca laws, anti-piracy, and authoritian regimes that might have some global influence and actual internet infrastructure
