Torrenting

Torrenting itself, the technology (BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol) is legal almost everywhere. What can be illegal is using it to share or download copyrighted material without permission. The confusion between the two is where most of the anxiety around torrenting comes from. The technology vs. the content BitTorrent is used legitimately by Linux distributions, […]

A kill switch is a VPN feature that cuts your internet connection entirely if the VPN tunnel drops unexpectedly. For torrenting specifically, going without one isn’t a minor inconvenience, it’s the single most common way a VPN’s privacy protection quietly fails without you noticing. What actually happens when a VPN disconnects mid-torrent VPN connections aren’t