· Tor is a popular and trusted anonymity solution, and many people wonder if it is possible to use it to download torrents. Although Tor is free and it offers the level of anonymity that torrent users need, the truth is that it not the best option for this purpose. Technically, it is possible to use Tor for torrents, but it is not advisable to do so. · 2. very confused on the use of Tor with a VPN. Tor is used to browse torrent sites, and a client like utorrent does the actual downloading. A couple of VPNs I talked to said using Tor with a VPN confuses the VPN and causes DNS leaks (!!!). · Visit the ipMagnet web page and click on the Magnet Link to open a dummy torrent download in your BitTorrent client. A few seconds later, you should see the IP address trying to download the dummy torrent file on the ipMagnet web page. This should belong to your VPN server and should differ to your ISP's IP address.
With a VPN, you can download torrents anonymously. A VPN not only cloaks your original IP address and then encrypts the data file that you want to download. But remember one thing. It would help if you opted for a VPN service that supports a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing mechanism. There are only a few VPNs that support P2P file sharing. 2. very confused on the use of Tor with a VPN. Tor is used to browse torrent sites, and a client like utorrent does the actual downloading. A couple of VPNs I talked to said using Tor with a VPN confuses the VPN and causes DNS leaks (!!!). Visit the ipMagnet web page and click on the Magnet Link to open a dummy torrent download in your BitTorrent client. A few seconds later, you should see the IP address trying to download the dummy torrent file on the ipMagnet web page. This should belong to your VPN server and should differ to your ISP's IP address.
The Tor browser can still be useful, just not for the actual torrent downloads. Many people use Tor to access their favorite torrent sites. This creates an additional layer of security, between you and your torrent downloads. With Tor, even your VPN provider couldn’t figure out what sites you were visiting (not that they care). Tor is a popular and trusted anonymity solution, and many people wonder if it is possible to use it to download torrents. Although Tor is free and it offers the level of anonymity that torrent users need, the truth is that it not the best option for this purpose. Technically, it is possible to use Tor for torrents, but it is not advisable to do so. 2. very confused on the use of Tor with a VPN. Tor is used to browse torrent sites, and a client like utorrent does the actual downloading. A couple of VPNs I talked to said using Tor with a VPN confuses the VPN and causes DNS leaks (!!!).
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