Thanks to https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/ober found that ipleak.net can be used to check if you VPN is leaking your IP before proceeding with torrenting.
And also using Qbittorrent to tie the client to the VPN by going to Tools > Preferences > Advanced and changing network interface to your VPN.
Noticed there's a lot of geeky people on lemmy, and so many seem to be using stuff like linux in threads asking what OS do you use. Which is definitely a big outlier from the average user. So seems like even if the numbers aren't high that there's a lot of people who can provide tech support to dumb people like me.
I haven't been commenting in /r/piracy or reddit for that matter anymore, so if there are large numbers who have taken that attitude it is expected that the voices you'd expect to hear would change as active user demographic changes.
I think it should be literal piracy themed porn, since advertisers don't really like to be associated with porn. Every sub should be moving the shift to becoming porn.
What! Mastodon can access lemmy too?
I should probably check out mastodon too finally since I've made the plunge into lemmy already.
I'm going to laugh if the news starts saying stuff like Reddit fully endorses piracy on their site.
We need a home away from reddit for a long time. Always was scared of the ban hammer. Thank you Spez for giving us all the push we needed!
/r/piracy is now a compromised sub to me. Not trusting the resources there.
Sometimes the waves push us apart but we eventually find our way back matey! Arrrrrrr
I've relied on this mega thread for a long time.
Are there any tips to see check if VPN isn't leaking anything when torrenting? Mullvad used to let you check with a magnet link they provided before they got rid of it.
Nothing would surprise me these days after seeing a Skyrim mod with an AI companion you can talk to.