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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Proton mail has a free VPN that works really well. Switzerland is part of world coverage tier, but Netherlands is just as good at hiding torrenting from ISP's. And it can even use a 'stealth mode' that works fairly well to get around VPN blockers by using unusual protocols for the traffic.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does proton's VPN free tier not block p2p file sharing usage?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It should but I never tested it. I don't torrent much. I'll need a torrent that is almost guaranteed to get an email from an isp to test it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It will just refuse to download anything in your client, plus there are sites that let you check your IP when you torrent.