File sharing alternatives ... what are they?

[xclued]

best I've used is torrent sites + seedbox which you can download directly from at high speeds. (without broadcasting your ip address)

[johhny]

my combination torrents + DDL forums

[vlanka82]

yours concerns about privacy lead me to an "escape from internet!" advice ;-)

[filedud]

yours concerns about privacy lead me to an "escape from internet!" advice ;-)

Vlanka82, why would you advise that? I've been DLing since the mid 80s (BBSs) but only really became concerned about privacy when one of my all-time favorite torrent sites was seized by the authorities and their homepage replaced by one of those "Taken down by the MPAA" signs.

I enjoy the hobby but as time has passed I find less content to DL. Both the quality and quantity of the content that I enjoy has diminished.

My intent of starting this thread was try to determine the most-to-least risky file sharing techniques. Even though I use USENET frequently my all-time favorite technique has to be Bittorrent. Unfortunately, broadcasting my IP address for all to see is not very private. I enjoy USENET but the content is limited compared to Bittorrent.

Thanks all for responding to my request for information ...

[gtf0]

just use private BT sites and ur ok

if ur still paranoid, pay for vpn or http tunnel service like relakks

or get a seedbox, download to it and then pull data via sftp from it. or just use ssh tunnel via box =)

[gamercliff]

I use private DC++ hubs, they are great if you find the right ones. (just don't ask me about them )

[dragosd90]

dc++ is oldish

[joshuatim]

What is the best alternative of Usenet and free of cost?

[jotarech]

Start use torrent, its very easy. download utorrent and search on google "what you want" + torrent, if you be lucky will find! lol

[trogger]

Issue with filelockers like hotfile megaupload ect is very few of them will tell customers how much info they keep about your activities.

I have a premium with filesonic and they basically refuse to explain exactly what logs they keep of your activity and for how long they are kept, rapidshare is basically the only one i can find who explicitly states they don't keep logs on individual downloads.