What is the safest way to download usenet and torrent files

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Originally Posted by donutfunky

If you're UBER paranoid, you could always set up a TOR proxy.

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Tor is not meant for high-volume downloads. Please don't use it for such purposes, as it wrecks the network for everyone else.

i use viperVPN and giganews

Agreed, I didn't know about viperVPN. Thx

astraweb is a decent usenet provider and cheap too. You may need to change the download ports though so your ISP doesn't throttle the download speed

I hardly ever use torrents. Only if I'm desperate.

No torrents, and Astraweb has good retention, options and decent pricing

Definitely Astraweb

i stopped using atraweb because of the amount of takedowns. I am now with extreme usenet & find they are not as quick at removing stuff from their servers as astra were.

I use Slick VPN, connect to someplace in Europe, and then download. It's pretty straightforward and mostly safe.

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Originally Posted by bumpkiss

I use Slick VPN, connect to someplace in Europe, and then download. It's pretty straightforward and mostly safe.

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VyperVPN and Giganews in the past was the best, was free when you get the higher package as well. Pretty quick as well, with 2T downloading some days