Usenet and Debrid (lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz)

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I have been doing torrents + VPN for years now and thinking about switching.

Is usenet and debrid safe to use without a VPN in the UK? What about other piracy streaming sites?

From what I understand it's cheaper to use a VPN than have debrid + usenet + private indexers but I am not sure.

I have heard some questionable justifications as to why it's safer such as it being encrypted (torrents can also be encrypted). Are the index sites also safe? I have heard it both ways about this. Including people saying index sites are not encrypted which they normally are.

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[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I use the usenet because leeching is legal in my country. I think, we wouldn’t be able to reach the speed we have with using a VPN to be honest. So, if it is possible to use the usenet without VPN in UK, I think you may have faster download speed, but I’m not quite sure if VPN is really the bottleneck, usually.

[-] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Speed is not the concern with using a VPN. Having to pay for both is the concern.

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I guess with the new privacy killing law in UK, you always want to have a VPN ready, just in case.. Talking about this https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/01/uk-online-safety-bill-set-to-weaken-encryption-and-put-uk-internet-users-at-risk/

[-] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah they have tried that before and never got it passed or implemented afaik. Honestly the people of my country need to burn half the government down and start again. It's just sad. Still doing better than the US somehow.