OK, so, I have a couple of questions:

  • What’s the worst that can happen if I don’t use a VPN while pirating?
  • Are free tier VPNs (like Proton VPN) good enough?
  • I don’t want to pay much or anything for a VPN, is a way I can get a good free one, or set one myself somehow (I have experience with selfhosting) ?
  • If not, which cheap one do you recommend?

EDIT: I pirate mostly movies, and rarely some TV series.

  •  Trailblazing Braille Taser   ( @0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
    9•4 months ago

    Cryptocurrency is not necessarily anonymous. Buying bitcoin from a broker leaves a record connecting your payment method to your wallet. Even if you mine them yourself, doesn’t your IP address show up on the public ledger? I guess if you somehow bought bitcoin in cash…

    Is there a more private cryptocurrency I’m not considering?

    •  GameEnder   ( @GameEnder@reddthat.com ) English
      4•4 months ago

      I consider it more private than like a credit card at least your name’s not attached to it.

      And if you really want to you can just use a credit card at an on-ramp exchange, then take that and swap it for a different crypto on a exchange that doesn’t require any registration. Then it becomes effectively completely anonymous.