I haven't done any torrenting.

 

It's totally ok here, right? 

 

What sites do you use?

 

Any risk of malware / viruses when torrenting? 

 

Have no problem with music torrents on qBittorrent. Have a few movies done in the past also. I understand using a VPN is safer although I haven't tried one. The music comes from various sources and websites.

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13 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

It's totally ok here, right? 

Use a VPN.

12 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

I haven't done any torrenting.

 

It's totally ok here, right? 

 

What sites do you use?

 

Any risk of malware / viruses when torrenting? 

 

1337x, Pirate Bay, Ext Torrents, YTS torrents, EZTV... There are many. Music and video downloads are generally safe but there's always a chance of malware, particularly if a file is zipped and certainly if it's zipped and requires a password. All files downloaded should be scanned by a good anti-virus app before opening.

Pirate Bay....lightning fast depending on seeds and piers 

15 minutes ago, Peter Crow said:

Use a VPN.

What are the benefits of using a VPN?

I always torrent without.

Get a Seedbox and after downloading to the seedbox download the files to your PC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seedbox

1 minute ago, jvs said:

What are the benefits of using a VPN?

I always torrent without.

VPNs are necessary in those countries where they police the illegal distribution of content. The US, Canada, etc regularly have people arrested for distribution of copyrighted movies. Not checked here so no problem.

7 minutes ago, jvs said:

What are the benefits of using a VPN?

I always torrent without.

The vast majority of expat torrenting is of copyrighted content.

So using a VPN shields your identity if the Thai government, Thai ISPs, or the content owners ever decide to go after violators as happens aggressively in the US etc. 

I'm  not saying they do or will but they could. 

1 minute ago, gargamon said:

VPNs are necessary in those countries where they police the illegal distribution of content. The US, Canada, etc regularly have people arrested for distribution of copyrighted movies. Not checked here so no problem.

In the US massive financial fines.

Watch out for SCR, JAR, ZIP, RAR and EXE files and anything with zero seeds. There is plenty of malware out there. Look at the contents, not the label.

 

Avoid downloading software, most is corrupt. There are free or cheap apps available for most needs.  OpenOffice is a great example.

14 minutes ago, gargamon said:

VPNs are necessary in those countries where they police the illegal distribution of content. The US, Canada, etc regularly have people arrested for distribution of copyrighted movies. Not checked here so no problem.

 

Until they do. But then they will address the issue by making the use of PCs illegal for white skinned foreigners.

 

Just as they made mobile banking useless for us.

1 minute ago, Peter Crow said:

 

Until they do. But then they will address the issue by making the use of PCs illegal for white skinned foreigners.

 

Just as they made mobile banking useless for us.

 

Why is mobile banking useless for us?

49 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

It's totally ok here, right? 

Oh sure….it’s totally ok to be a thief here.

 

Why not just pay the $5 to rent a movie from Apple or pony up  $10 a month for a Netflix/Amazon Prime account instead of stealing it?

Just now, Peter Crow said:

 

 

 

Limited to 50,000 a day?.........I think I can manage if I'm careful, but might need to have a word with the wife.

11 hours ago, Airalee said:

Oh sure….it’s totally ok to be a thief here.

 

Why not just pay the $5 to rent a movie from Apple or pony up  $10 a month for a Netflix/Amazon Prime account instead of stealing it?

 

Now I won't be able to sleep at night.

Ok, I will pony up for Netflix. 

 

2 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

Now I won't be able to sleep at night.

Ok, I will pony up for Netflix. 

 

If money is so tight that you can’t afford to rent a movie….

 

 

Rent a movie 😊 So 80's 

 

 

If I pony up for a CD, I will share it with my friends and family if I think they will like it. I'm not so much concerned about the profits of large corporations. Good humans share what they have whilst keeping enough for themselves.

Netflix? No thank you. I watch perhaps one movie every six months.

If it's freely available, I'll just help myself thank you.

 

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

In the US massive financial fines.

Your ISP will shut down your internet connection immediately and they're ON that action 24 x 7.

The first time you must call them with hat in hand. Not sure what they do a second time but I'm sure those financial fines are on the menu.

VPN cures all that. Just make sure you have the kill switch on.

I wouldn't ever consider downloading/uploading Torrents to any of my devices. Use a Seedbox as suggested earlier.

 

36 minutes ago, JakeC said:

I wouldn't ever consider downloading/uploading Torrents to any of my devices. Use a Seedbox as suggested earlier.

 

Absolutely. Here you will most certainly run very fast into ISP throttling and if that is not happening you will being put behind CGNAT so you can't share anything back.

 

1 hour ago, Airalee said:

Oh sure….it’s totally ok to be a thief here.

 

Why not just pay the $5 to rent a movie from Apple or pony up  $10 a month for a Netflix/Amazon Prime account instead of stealing it?

Or HBO MAX for 35bht/month.

Use torrents a lot with a 1GB 3bb account, still very fast with a VPN from Mullvad

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Or HBO MAX for 35bht/month.

Where do you get it for 35/month?   I’m seeing a higher rate….but still quite cheap.

 

 

21 minutes ago, Airalee said:

Where do you get it for 35/month?   I’m seeing a higher rate….but still quite cheap.

 

 

Add on for 3bb internet customers.

1 hour ago, Airalee said:

If money is so tight that you can’t afford to rent a movie….

 

 

.....then what? 

 

3 hours ago, MJCM said:

Get a Seedbox and after downloading to the seedbox download the files to your PC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seedbox

Agree... You can use a super cheap to buy and run Raspberry Pi with an SSD as a seedbox.  That's what I do.  Super easy to manage it remotely.  I use Transmission as my torrenting program.

 

Another benefit of using a Pi is that I can use the VPN for only the torrenting traffic.

I've been torrenting in Thailand for over 14 years without a VPN and never had any problems.