what is a torrent file?
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Lol. You really don't know? Just google it. It's a file you download, in order to download another larger file.
The below is just my opinion, so your own due diligence is required - some, maybe all, might be factually inaccurate or incomplete.
With all the laws against software piracy to protect Tech Giant profits so Big Tech can use the money to sponsor deadly vaccines for the elimination and sterilisation of mankind, software pirates who don't want to support such genocidal tendencies are forced to use "peer-to-peer" file sharing software to download Big Tech software (I'm looking at you, Billy boy). A torrent file is one that communicates with the file sharing software so your computer knows which parts to download from the seeders, before putting the entire file back together on your computer.
Remember to use a Virtual Private Network if you're downloading software in a jurisdiction that may consider software piracy to be an offense.
The below is just my opinion, so your own due diligence is required - some, maybe all, might be factually inaccurate or incomplete.
With all the laws against software piracy to protect Tech Giant profits so Big Tech can use the money to sponsor deadly vaccines for the elimination and sterilisation of mankind, software pirates who don't want to support such genocidal tendencies are forced to use "peer-to-peer" file sharing software to download Big Tech software (I'm looking at you, Billy boy). A torrent file is one that communicates with the file sharing software so your computer knows which parts to download from the seeders, before putting the entire file back together on your computer.
Remember to use a Virtual Private Network if you're downloading software in a jurisdiction that may consider software piracy to be an offense.
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Wise decision in my opinion. The download typically leads to an unverified and unvetted third party who may or may not have good intentions.
Torrents are often vectors for cyber threats because they gain nothing if they just help you, but if they have malicious code in the file you really want, maybe they can steal something valuable from you.
Malware is an extremely lucrative industry for cyber criminals. Be safe out there.
Torrents are often vectors for cyber threats because they gain nothing if they just help you, but if they have malicious code in the file you really want, maybe they can steal something valuable from you.
Malware is an extremely lucrative industry for cyber criminals. Be safe out there.
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It depends how clever you are. If you're a genius when it comes to all things computery, or you have an overinflated sense of your abilities in the same (like me), you can. I know a pirate who has downloaded heaps of books and movies in the past, and never really run into any virus-type problems. Most of his virus problems were encountered when he downloaded software (and not even Big Tech software - so-called "free" software!) Some of these (software-download related problems) he resolved by deleting everything, and restoring from back-ups. Make sure you back-up everything you wouldn't care to lose.
If you restrict your downloading to PDFs, EPUBs and movie files, you shouldn't run into virus problems, but I admit, this does depend on how dumbed-down your computer is. People who've set their computer up with default settings from Billy (where the computer basically tells the user what to do) are at much higher risk of viruses. Good torrent sites, like Thepira Tebay .org, give a nice little green skull-and-crossbones symbol for those torrents from trusted torrenters.
Remember, never download an executable file (i.e. software. Or zipped files containing executable files). And depending on your jurisdiction, always use a VPN. While some jurisdictions are pretty reasonable when it comes to so-called software "piracy", some jurisdictions will want to hang, draw and quarter the humble software pirate who simply wants to spare his fellow-man infertility and death by not funding Big Tech's special projects.
If you restrict your downloading to PDFs, EPUBs and movie files, you shouldn't run into virus problems, but I admit, this does depend on how dumbed-down your computer is. People who've set their computer up with default settings from Billy (where the computer basically tells the user what to do) are at much higher risk of viruses. Good torrent sites, like Thepira Tebay .org, give a nice little green skull-and-crossbones symbol for those torrents from trusted torrenters.
Remember, never download an executable file (i.e. software. Or zipped files containing executable files). And depending on your jurisdiction, always use a VPN. While some jurisdictions are pretty reasonable when it comes to so-called software "piracy", some jurisdictions will want to hang, draw and quarter the humble software pirate who simply wants to spare his fellow-man infertility and death by not funding Big Tech's special projects.
Legitimate software organizations like LibreOffice sometimes use torrents to save on internet bandwidth costs and give their users faster download speeds. The giant evil monsters like google, micosoft... have deep pockets and plenty of bandwidth on their own servers so they don't usually use torrents.
The large file to be distributed is broken into many pieces and every person will share the pieces they already downloaded with other people who don't have those pieces yet (and vice versa). The software does all this magic behind the scenes and ensures you get an identical reassembled copy of the original file being shared.
It's a brilliant idea and a wonderful tool. Unfortunately, like with many things, bad people can also use it for nefarious purposes. Getting something like LibreOffice is perfectly safe but getting the next blockuster from some random pirate may not be safe (even media files can be malformed and exploit vulnerabilities in common apps).
The large file to be distributed is broken into many pieces and every person will share the pieces they already downloaded with other people who don't have those pieces yet (and vice versa). The software does all this magic behind the scenes and ensures you get an identical reassembled copy of the original file being shared.
It's a brilliant idea and a wonderful tool. Unfortunately, like with many things, bad people can also use it for nefarious purposes. Getting something like LibreOffice is perfectly safe but getting the next blockuster from some random pirate may not be safe (even media files can be malformed and exploit vulnerabilities in common apps).
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