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I know about the dangers of free VPNs, its why I haven't turned to those at all in the first place. Sure what you say could work but as far as I know no one can be entirely sure paid VPNs don't also sell your data. I'm pretty much aware that a properly used good VPN will make my life a lot easier but I don't like the idea of paying just for safe browsing. I want to see what other options are out there before I submit to that as a necessary evil. Thanks for the recommendations though.
I tried a lot of the alternatives before switching to a vpn for torrenting.
For a long time I only used private trackers with encryption required and dht and whatnot off. It worked pretty good, especially with traffic shaping on the router.
If you really want to avoid paying money that’s where I’d start. The problem you’re gonna run into comes from how the law is used against piracy, who does it and how.
If I were gonna go that route today I’d set up doh or dot first. Both are free if you want to use mullvads servers.
Good luck.
I'll look into it, thanks.