From his telegram
I will be releasing a torrent file that should be spread to as many people as possible. Please only use torrent if you absolutely know what you are doing. It is possible to dox yourself with torrents if you don’t correctly setup your security.
edit: Don’t stay up late waiting for this torrent, it is still being prepared and needs hours to complete.
If one person holds an important file, that person is an easy target. If a million people hold an important file, the file becomes an impenetrable shield for all.
Just a reminder, many VPNs offer Internet Kill Switch capability. If the VPN connection is broken, it halts all traffic from your computer until reconnected again. Probably a good idea for those new to VPNs. You don't want to lose your VPN connection and remain connected to the Internet, especially if you are seeding or uploading.
This. ExpressVPN does this. It isn’t a free VPN, but sometimes what you pay is what you get. It’s $50 every 6 months. I’ve been using it for over 5 years now on multiple internet providers, and never been ratted out. Although, use any VPN at your own risk, because at this point I don’t trust any tech company to be owned by non-deepstaters.
Another thing... Someone else posted to have a separate machine for torrent use.
I think one of the best reasons for this is that many of us tend to have apps, browsers, and email clients set up on our daily machines, and many of these can track you too. As an example, Chrome browser, owned by Google, tracks everything you do online, even in incognito mode. Same with most browsers and apps that are logged in. Google has already admitted that they will go through your Google Drive folder and delete information they deem to be against their policies, i.e. exactly what we are talking about.
If you download anything, save it to an external drive or SD card and remove from your device.
If your machine is connected to all these apps and browsers, and you're connected to your VPN, and these apps and browsers still work, then they are using the exact same IP connection points your machine is. I don't think you are hidden very well if that is the case.
So use a lean machine and don't log into anything on the device.
I use Dissenter Browser, which is based on Chromium (not Chrome), and I've been very happy with it. In addition to a privacy browser, it also offers a Tor privacy browser as well.
⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ THIS ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️
Excellent advice, especially for torrenting!!!
Some torrenting software also link to your network device. If the network device stops being the gateway to the internet, it kills the torrent access to the internet.
This can be considered a second failsafe.
Thanks GreatFunana. In addition to using Tor, one can use a network router that has VPN built in. They can then also use a software VPN on their machine as well. Each connected to different VPN locations. Both with Internet Kill Switch enabled. Add in a relatively secure browser like Dissenter (with ad blocking and Tor) and that should be a fairly secure setup, in addition to my comment below about not being signed into apps or software that tracks your activity.