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!
Oh dang, well so far it’s only a letter they sent to my ISP, in which they relayed that someone on my network was doing it with or without my knowledge.
My ISP has records I can look up the see the original email sent from the person who claimed the copyright. I was like, where did I mess up? They must not have very clear evidence.
Well… I was dead to rights Lmao. IP, movie name, times, data downloaded, etc. I’m hoping that’s the only thing that leaked in that time period and there isn’t more just qeueing lol.
But yeah, that’s why I wanted to share this post. Some people aren’t in countries where this matters, but for those of us that are, stay safe. Learn from others. Im lucky so far but someone may not be and get fined like in your situation.
I used Usenet but honestly I love being able to publicly seed for others. It feels like giving back so it’s a risk I’ll take over using usenet.
Much love to the community 🏴☠️
Obviously you kicked the former friend off your network after you learned of their illegal activities and admonished them to pay for their media instead nudge nudge