Questions about seedboxes (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I decided to ditch the cable connection and drive my internet through my cellphone. It sort of works, but it makes me a piece of shit because I can't seed (slow uplink, minimal storage, battery drain).

Enter seedboxes, where I can ul a little better and store a little more.

Most of the guides are written by seedboxes themselves so I thought I'd turn to the community for the nitty-gritty. Questions:

How do I protect my anonymity from the seedbox company if I'm paying them?
Do seedboxes protect their own anonymity or do I need to also hook up a VPN to the seedbox?
Recommendations for cheap seedboxes with minimal storage? I'm really only an occassional d/l'er and already have quite a backlog, so I doubt I'd be moving more than 40gigs/month. \

Thanks!

*The dedicated seedbox forum is pretty darn dead.

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[-] nywuma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

Hi! You can often pay with crypto, and this is usually well enough for anonymity. I’d be concerned paying with a credit card, but many do that.

I use a VPN even with a seedbox, especially when connecting to them to retrieve the files, but for their own anonymity, they don’t care. They’re usually in jurisdictions where it’s harder and not worth it for companies to try to sue them.

I use seedit4me, but I haven’t tried any other. I’m pretty satisfied with them for the past 3 or 4 years. You can look at their different offerings and get something within your budget. I felt like there’s a bit of a learning curve in the beginning, but if you already know the *arr stack, you’ll be well ahead of me when I started!

I hope my answers helped a little. The others’ answers will likely have more information.

Have fun!

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