Thanks for the node
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 4 days ago
Tor is untraceable and 100% free
Thanks to node operators like me 🏴
roux2scour@jlai.lu 4 days ago
scutiger@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Don’t governments run their own Tor exit nodes as honeypots?
Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
it is a US military program, so yes, they run nodes as honeypots.
this is way to valuable to be used against pirates though.
SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yep. They wouldn’t want to show their hand too much.
x00z@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The good thing is that it’s in the US military’s interest to actually keep it private and secure though.
iocase@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Yeah you’re right and the only secure method I know of is Tor hidden services which never exit the network itself. Both you and the server will never know where the other is. It’s kind of like an anonymous dead drop in a park between a spy and their handler.
I2p is another good system to use for torrenting as well it’s just slow as balls (might be better now?) but you don’t need a VPN for that either since it uses garlic routing inspired by Tor’s onion routing.
redsand@infosec.pub 4 days ago
I2P is significantly better for torrents and file sharing. Check it out, there are implementations in C++ and either rust or go as well as java: i2p.net
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 4 days ago
Very true. Different solutions with different strengths.
I haven’t tried Nym but IIUC design-wise it seems like the best anonymity network for torrenting
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Yeah I also think Nym has the best design overall. I’ve used NymVPN on android and it’s pretty good. There’s no package for it on my linux distro of choice sohaven’t tried it for torrenting linux distros.
Patnou@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Can you dumb it down for me how to get started with tor? or link me in the right direction?
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 4 days ago
- Download Tor browser
- Browse with Tor browser
2a. Go to Tor “hidden services” listed at places like https://dark.fail
Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
I thought Tor says NOT to use it for piracy cause it’ll be slow as balls
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
That does not dissuade the keepers of the old ways who know the agony and triumph of whole series downloads spanning month, watching that extra green pixel light up as another random chunk came through day after day until finally the progress bar became whole.
crandlecan@mander.xyz 4 days ago
or porn with a cover story 🙏🥰🙌