Hide IP in torrent's presentations

Reply to Hide IP in torrent's presentations on Fri, 16 Dec 2016 01:48:38 GMT

callioperide — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 01:48:38 GMT

A 'Chrome' VPN extension is likely only to pass 'Chrome' browsing through the VPN, so no not for torrenting. In addition, if it's free, you should ask yourself how you pay for it, e.g. your browsing behaviour can be tracked by the VPN and more…

Mind recommending any VPN apps that you trust? Plus points if they are free to download :police:

Reply to Hide IP in torrent's presentations on Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:11:53 GMT

cannonmc — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:11:53 GMT

Very good point Popper. I hadn't thought about Opera only hiding the IP while you were browsing.

Mind you that can be useful for grabbing torrent files from sites banned for us in the UK.

Reply to Hide IP in torrent's presentations on Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:25:01 GMT

Popper — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:25:01 GMT

@callioperide:

From the Rules section of this site.

"…Therefore do not post your real name, address, e-mail address or IP in the torrent's presentations, torrent comments or forum."

I have a VPN extension running in Chrome, does that count?

The site hides your IP, unless you mention it on your own in a torrent's description, torrent comment or forum post. So to keep it private, we ask not to do that, but it's on your control.

A 'Chrome' VPN extension is likely only to pass 'Chrome' browsing through the VPN, so no not for torrenting. In addition, if it's free, you should ask yourself how you pay for it, e.g. your browsing behaviour can be tracked by the VPN and more…

Reply to Hide IP in torrent's presentations on Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:20:22 GMT

cannonmc — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:20:22 GMT

Normally your IP address is not shown publicly on the site.

Where it will be visible is in a torrent client which is beyond the site's control. However if you are using a VPN your real IP will not be shown in a torrent client

Reply to Hide IP in torrent's presentations on Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:55:39 GMT

callioperide — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:55:39 GMT

From the Rules section of this site.

"…Therefore do not post your real name, address, e-mail address or IP in the torrent's presentations, torrent comments or forum."

I have a VPN extension running in Chrome, does that count?

Reply to Hide IP in torrent's presentations on Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:36:52 GMT

Popper — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:36:52 GMT

From where origins the quote?

If you mean this site ("Search", "Browse", "Details" or your "Profile") or its embedded forum ("Forum"), it is kept private, except to some selected upper staff.

Where it can't be hidden is in the torrent client, where you get IPs of other members sharing the torrent's files from the tracker, so others get yours. That is why a VPN is always recommended when using torrents (and not only for torrents) to mask your home IP.