How does this firm (or whatever it is) know I torrented something? My VPN app took a shit in the middle of a download and I think it exposed my IP to some “anti-piracy” bullshit firm that contacted my ISP. ISP emailed to let me know and to “not do it again”. How does this firm know about torrenting? Do they like watch these sites and hope someone’s VPN slips like mine did today?

  • ducklingoneEnglish
    311·
    9 months ago

    Bind your torrent client to your VPN interface so that if the VPN loses connection for whatever reason, nothing downloads or uploads via your client.

      • ducklingoneEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        I’m using qBittorrent’s web ui, and you get to the setting from Options (cog symbol)->Advanced tab->Network Interface. Figuring out which network interface is the VPN interface depends on your OS.

          • WorseDoughnut 🍩@lemdro.idEnglish
            3·
            9 months ago

            Exactly, it will now only be able to access the Internet via that interface even if proton is running but not actually connected.

              • WorseDoughnut 🍩@lemdro.idEnglish
                3·
                9 months ago

                Sorry for the delay, just saw this.

                So the “pvpnsomthingsomething” is most likely the name of the server you’re connecting to, but if you’re not using the paid tier for Proton it won’t let you select servers that support peer to peer traffic. Sounds like that might be your issue if you’re still getting stalled with that network connection selected.

                Also, the killswitch and the ipv6 “networks” that it creates are just there to enforce the killswitch (ie. create a fallback dead-end network device if the VPN goes down) and to catch and dead-end any ipv6 traffic that might be leaking.

  • themachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    9 months ago

    They watch the swarm. You can view connections of the swarm. They see your ISP owned IP and send an email.

      • scutiger@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        Many places have laws in place currently stating that you can’t be personally identified by your IP. So if you get emails about piracy and copyright issues coming from a law firm representing rightsholders, the best course of action is usually to ignore them. Responding to them is essentially admitting that you’re the person they’re looking for and that you committed the offense in question.

  • Howdy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    81·
    9 months ago

    Look into transmission open VPN docker container. Forces/ensures VPN connection. Easy to setup and configure.

    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      killswitch doesn’t work because packets can still get through between the time when the VPN goes offline and when it activates, need to bind torrent client to vpn or have some firewall configuration to prevent non-vpn traffic

  • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    I’ve heard they monitor the torrents and try downloading from the peers as evidence of them distributing the content.

    Anyway, you could set up firewall rules to only allow connections via VPN interface (and out to the VPN server, of course).

      • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Oof, sorry. This will depend on OS and the software you use for FW configs. I am too dumb.

        For example, I use UFW on Linux. So for me it’s

        # Deny all incoming and outgoing traffic by default
ufw default deny outgoing
ufw default deny incoming

# Allow connection to VPN server
ufw allow out to <VPN server IP address> [port] <VPN server port number> [proto] <tcp|udp>

# Allow connection via VPN interface
ufw allow out on <interface name> from any to any

# Enable UFW
ufw enable

        That’s just one simple way.

          • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            I am not sure I understand your comment.

            Blocking outgoing traffic blocks all outgoing traffic, thus including traffic outside of VPN.
            Allowing outgoing connections to the VPN server simply makes an exception in that blocking, otherwise you couldn’t even connect to a VPN.

  • TheBigBrother@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    9 months ago

    Swap provider(just for the doubts) and implement a good way of killswitching it… good luck!!