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PSA: Don't torrent over TOR (tor.stackexchange.com)
submitted 1 year ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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  1. It doesn't make you anonymous. Torrent protocol wasn't designed with anonymity in mind and there are a million ways you're going to leak your actual IP address.
  2. Tor is a TCP only network.
  3. While this doesn't give you the anonymity you wanted, it will hurt the network for other users.
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[–] kirk781@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Same here. Whilst torrent sites themselves are blocked, once you get the magnet link/torrent via a proxy/VPN, there is no issue. I do not think anyone has ever received a cease and desist letter from their ISPs here. But then, I think, this is the case for many countries outside of the developed world.