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How do you get “good” private trackers man. Either they’re all empty or just seem impossible to get into
Open signups happen frequently but you have to be quick to catch them
Opentrackers.org and r/opensignups (or r/trackersignups) are good to check once in a while
MyAnonaMouse has open applications twice a week and the test is very easy
maaan, I have to go to reddit for that? Ewww
Depends on which tracker. In general though invites and you get invites by association with relevant groups. Sometimes open registration occurs (though rarely) an other times the trakcer may do interviews.
It mostly comes down to time and patience.
I got a pretty letter from speck_t_rum once.
Been a paranoid ever since.
Should’ve had a VPN up!
I don't see how thats relevant.
VPN will encrypt your traffic so your ISP can't spy on you. That's the whole point of a VPN.
But I wasn't even talking about vpns. Just private trackers and how to get into them.
By not torrenting. Use Usenet instead. Way safer and easier. Once I went Usenet I literally haven’t touched a single torrent in over a decade.
Here we gooooo
Newsgroups.
Basically (Its all afaik) bulletin boards and meant for groups juat chatting like we do here on reddit/lemmy.
But they also host binaries that (when put together) equal a movie file. Kinda like a multi-rar file.
Thwy usually have deals around black friday.
I'll be the first to preach Usenet for movies and shows, but I'm wondering if you've found it useful for gaming/ music.
I haven't tried it for gaming or music. Like always, piracy is a service problem. Spotify and Steam have solved the service problem so I pay for those. Haven't felt like pirating in a game in 14 years due to it, and spotify literally has every song I could ever want to listen to on the planet.
Unless I've misunderstood how it works, don't you need to pay for Usenet?
Something about paying money for pirated content rubs me the wrong way.
Yes, you're essentially paying for download capacity. But I never have to worry about viruses or my ISP saying anything. And downloads are instant.
Search the term "OpenSignups"
They less elite one open usually during holidays like Easter Christmast, Black Friday and summer break.