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):
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Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced Settings
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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).
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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
Stay hidden!
I swear, getting a letter and/or email about your piracy is definitely a rite of passage. My parents have definitely gotten a couple for things I’ve done (since they pay for the service) and I regret nothing.
Probably not accurate whatsoever, but I like to think ISPs and such refuse to drop your service if they’re a big enough ISP because that’s less money for their greedy cannon fodder of a CEO and won’t do anything unless the government or a larger company comes along either serving them a lawsuit or legal letters/documents.
It definitely felt like a right of passage lol. Ill be saving that. Might have to put it up on the wall to look back upon in my elder days.
I kinda wish I could save mine now that you mention it, but I don’t have access to my parents emails and they’ve probably long since deleted the email.