As the title states, I’m new at seedboxes. I used to use PirateBay with Nord but still somehow received a letter from my ISP. How safe are seedboxes and what are some reliable ones? Do I still need a P2P like Vuze or is everything included with the seedbox? I apologize if this topic has been covered before, I am typing this on my lunchbreak so I don’t have a lot of time to research. Any help and advice is GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks!
It depends on your activities. Considering you will use seedbox for torrenting should not feel worried. As for the reliability, it’s good to ask the community and see what they have to suggest. The most popular seedbox vendors are reliable and offer a wide range of different services for your basic requirements. For instance, RapidSeedbox, UltraSeedbox, DediSeedbox, etc. have almost everything included depending of the plan. It’s up to you and your needs.
I suggest you spare some time and read these guides to get a more better picture of seedboxes and their anonymity:
You’re using your belt, need suspenders?
I use a vpn with seedbox. Why…
A seedbox is in itself not illegal
Torrenting is illegal
A seedbox can and most likely will hand over your info if the fbi requests it or whatever country demands it. There are some seedboxes that say they don’t store your data. Most do even if they say they don’t. They have invoices paypal account names everything. And your ip. While a seedbox IS A HIGH SECURITY MEASURE it is not flawless. I always recommend a VPN. Even tho your chances are slim. Is slim worth the possible outcome? If you can afford a seedbox monthly you can afford a vpn such as cyberghost 1 year 40bucks and not have to worry about slim as that slim then becomes super slim.
The choice is yours but pirate Bay and such are garbage and most seedboxes do not allow public trackers. If they do then for sure get a vpn.
Seedbox isnt safe on its own. It is for convenience. Seedbox ip and port are open and visible and they can be used to trace back the user ----drop---- especially given that the user pays for the service. Seedbox simply ignores dmca notices but when things go south, you can be traced back. So depends on what trackers you use most, you might want to reconsider your options. Public trackers like tpb isnt a good choice for seedboxes without extra protection to hide your identity. Your vpn setup is the culprit if you got a notice from your ISP while you thought you were using vpn. Fix it
Edit. Dropping the phrase “quite easily” as some disagree with that characterizarion and i honestly dont care.
I had to pull this 3 year old comment out of the attic and dust it off because that’s a great analogy!
Also make sure you have kill switch enabled so if you get disconnected your not open to your ip exposing what your doing which may be what happened and why you got a letter from your isp.
What are non public trackers that are good ?
How do I as Joe User trace a seedbox IP and port back to a user, can you clarify?
How do I enable a kill switch?
First Kill Switch is not available on all VPNs, google "how to enable kill switch on (enter your vpns name) and it will tell you how. What it does is, lets say your router reboots or your computer gets disconnected from the internet very temporarily, without the kill switch enabled your vpn will disconnect, but your internet will reconnect and resume what you are doing. A kill switch makes it so when your VPN is not enabled or connected you will not have access to internet. so the second your VPN disconnects so does the internet to your device. The two I have had that I know for sure have Kill Switches are Cyber Ghost, which I currently have, because it is not part of the nations that share data with each other. They are located in Romania which does not have an agreement with the united states or any of the other 10 or 12 eyes nations or whatever the fuck count it is up to now. The speeds are good for me a server is located in chicago, I live in Milwaukee, so about 100 miles. I reduce my internet speeds by about 25 percent. The other one I have had was IP Vanish. They also had a server in Chicago however, my internet speeds were reduced by 40 to 60 percent. But still a pretty good service.
Good non public trackers are hard to get into. You have to start at the bottom and work your way up. However, even the entry level private trackers will most likely suit your needs and once you establish credentials to show other people who have invites to higher trackers, you have a chance to get invited to those.
A tracker that will fit your need would be Torrent Leech, or IP Torrents. DO NOT FALL INTO THE TRAP OF DONATING. Some private trackers use you if you do not know how they work, so that you do not get banned. By donating you get “VIP status” which makes it so you have global freeleech. Private trackers, not sure if you know how they work, require you to maintain a ratio. Each site is different. For instance, a site may require you to maintain a 1:1 ratio, meaning if you download x amount of GB, you have to upload x amount of GB, if you fall below that level you receive a warning, and if it is not resolved you will be unable to download until you reach that ratio. Another requirement is seedtime. Most private trackers require you to seed a torrent you download for a minimum of 3 days and some up to 7 days. With a seedbox that should not be a problem.
Now once you have read all of this PM me and we will talk.
Thanks, “easily” requires a bunch of assumptions. Such that logs are kept, that traffic can be traced, that an ISP anywhere along the chain is willing to give up details.
Don’t think anyone thinks one or more international court orders to see who watched Luca(2021) is either profitable or easy.
The point is please dont have a false sense of security just because you use a seedbox in nl es cz pl and such since your logs are still there. This is more concerning if you will primarily use the box on public trackers. For that, unless you are eager to seed for the public, just leech off using no log vpns.
Bruh. I get that this is seedbox subreddit but acting as if seedbox alone is an ultimate shield is a laughable idea and you know it. It is just a matter of whether there is enough legal pressure on the vendor to release the info stored on the server. Sure some will ignore and some will fight but is it really worth a court proceeding and legal fees to protect a couple seedbox users? You know that not having any data of a seedbox user is simply not possible. Not interested in fearmongering but people should really understand what they are signing up to when they get a seedbox in the us or canada and then use his legit paypal account and then use the box for seeding on public trackers.
So will buying a seedbox be useful say if i want to download rarbg/yify/1337x user uploads? Because I assume these are on public trackers?
What are good non public trackers for torrenting music?
I use a seedbox and have the torrent client run through a proxy, is that enough? I can’t afford to get fucked over in this country they punish that shit pretty harshly.
You used the word “Easily”, just trying to understand how it can be done “easily”. Didn’t say it couldn’t be done, my issue is making it seem like all you have to do is shake a tree.
We as a vendor have been around for around 11 years, and during all that time, all those various epochs of levels of scrutiny, no one has ever asked for the identity of anyone. And we allow Tor Exits.
Some allow public trackers some don’t. Make sure you check to see if you can download off public trackers from a seedbox plan before you buy it