Well, After hundreds of GB of torrents downloaded, I slipped up. I've been changing around linux distros recently and i believe i configured my VPN wrong or forgot to turn it back on after doing something. Well, I finally got hit with a copyright warning. Just your typical "we had to send this" type of warning but none-the-less, I slipped up.

Sharing this because the day before it happened, I read a post about not only having your killswitch on but also binding your client to you vpn interface for situations like this. Needless to say I didn't take that precaution. For those who are on linux, I found a great post about how to set this up on reddit and wanted to remind people to "double wrap" because why not be safe lol.

The steps were more or less as follows (for QBitTorrent at least):

Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced Settings
Under "Network Interface", select your vpn interface. To test, check what shows with your vpn on, and then turn it off and re-navigate to this part to see what dissapeared. Thats likely your vpn interface if the name wasn't clear. (Do not be seeding/downloading torrents while doing this in case).
To test, download a non-copyright torrent like the Ubuntu ISO torrent. In the middle of download, disconnect or close your vpn connection. This should stop the download.

Not sure if reddit links are cool here but here is the guide source if anyones interested. Binding VPN to Torrent Client

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[–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 154 points 5 days ago (7 children)

I collect these like pokemon 🙃

[–] JackAttack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 5 days ago

LMFAOOOO

[–] powerofm@lemmy.ca 31 points 5 days ago

Based TekSavvy user

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 11 points 5 days ago

Maybe do something about your opsec...

[–] Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Teksavvy is fantastic

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 5 days ago

Yo this kind of talk got lawyers going after reddit to prove some isp is complicit. Y'all gonna turn the eye of sauron on us! 😖

[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I had no idea that Teksavvy passed these along. I thought they took a stance to ignore these.

[–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

The content of the email is very laissez-faire, e.g. "we legally have to send these ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ "

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

All hail Canada's notice-and-notice-and-notice-and-notice-and-notice system of copyright enforcement!

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

Head's up – there's a law firm which many on RFD are talking about being served demand letters from, after repeated warnings were ignored.

Don't worry though, the demand letters are largely baseless and unenforceable, especially since the SCoC ruled last year that service bill payers are not responsible for the actions of their network users.