Hello and welcome back to another Cloudwards.net video where today we’ll be taking a look
at how to unblock torrents.
Luckily, there are more than one ways around the blocks put up by copyright watchdogs.
However, before we dive into that, don’t forget to click the like button and subscribe
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No matter what kind of copyright protection measures are put into place to protect movies
and games from being shared online, there have always been people clever enough to find
ways around it.
Torrenting has been a long time favorite method of many digital pirates, but in recent years
ISPs and governments around the world have been making it increasingly difficult to access
sites that host torrents.
Torrenting, in case you didn’t know, is a form of peer to peer file transfer.
In basic terms, this means that numerous people, called seeders, are uploading pieces of the
file you’re downloading at the same time, allowing for very high download speeds if
the file is well seeded by plenty of people online.
Torrenting is a two-way street though, meaning that you yourself are also a seeder.
This is how torrents stay alive, is when people who downloaded a file in turn upload to the
next person, continuing the cycle.
While there are plenty of legitimate reasons to use torrenting to share files, it’s also
been widely adopted as a way to pirate content.
Because of this, governments around the world have made an effort to block websites that
host torrents.
Thankfully, getting around these blocks is actually a simple task.
The two main options for gaining access to blocked sites are proxies and VPNs.
While proxies can typically get the job done, VPNs are a much better option for security.
This is because VPNs, unlike proxies, encrypt your connection to make you more difficult
to track online and to obscure the data that is being sent or received.
Click on the card here to watch our video on the best VPNs for torrenting to learn more.
Just to be clear: torrenting is legal, copyright infringement is not.
So whatever copyrighted material you download is at your own risk but a VPN adds an added
layer of security which can easily make the difference between getting yourself a movie
and receiving a DMCA notice.
When it comes to choosing a VPN, there’s no shortage of options.
Naturally, if you’re downloading larger files like movies, whole seasons of TV shows
or especially games you’ll want as much bandwidth as you can get.
Our favorite VPN for the task is NordVPN, thanks to its excellent security, decent speeds
and torrenting-focused features.
Check out our review by clicking on the card in the top right.
Alternatively, there are also a number of free VPN options, which we also have a video
for that you can check out by clicking the card in the top right.
However, note that free options do limit your bandwidth, so they’re only useful for smaller
files.
Additionally, we have a written article on our website about unblocking torrent sites
that goes into greater detail regarding how torrents work, what makes VPNs the best option
for unblocking torrents and staying safe as well as outlining the best VPN providers for
torrenting.
I’ll include a link to this article in the description down below.
Hopefully, this video helped point you in the right direction to start torrenting things
easily and safely.
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