How risky is it to run a media stack without a vpn?
How risky is it to run a media stack without a vpn?
Was considering deploying https://github.com/navilg/media-stack to my self hoated server (an old desktop plugged into my router). Im in an australia if thats relevent, thinking of getting starlink soon.
What are the risks of running it raw vs over a vpn?
Very.
It is a legal requirement in Australia that ISPs record all your "metadata" which will reveal torrent activity. The bittorrent protocol necessarily makes your IP public to peers. Copyright trolls are known to leave bots as fake seeders and peers to collect IPs to mass report people.
Tl;DR: not a good idea
I run all my stuff using Usenet so I don't bother with a VPN but torrents should 100% use vpn
Depends on how you currently download your bounty, and if it's currently via torrents / public trackers like I do and you don't get angry nastygrams from your ISP (Britbong here), you're good to go?
If not however use of a VPN is recommended and you could go one further actually and buy yourself Usenet access, which means you don't need no VPN and you're rock and roll.
From what I recall thou you Aussies have lots of anti-pirate groups being knobheads so probably wise to hide your traffic? arrr
You will get nasty letters if you torrent on Starlink without a VPN and they may disconnect you. It's CGNAT, so performance will be crap without a VPN since you can't use port forwarding. The upload is rather slow, so you may want to consider a seedbox, especially if you use private trackers.
You'll only get the nasty letters if you use public trackers... I've been on starlink since it came to Australia and never once got a nasty letter or warning or anything, and I don't have any VPN going
You're right about the upload speed though
What's the argument for doing this? It looks like media stack includes a vpn, so the effort level isn't going to be all that different.
Echoing everyone else: definitely use a vpn if you're torrenting. Strongly consider using a seedbox if you're on starlink or anything else with poor upload speeds.
The argument for doing this is not having to pay for a vpn. But i guess thats still cheaper than a traditional streaming service lol.
If all you care about is torrenting, there are tons of shitty cheap vpns you can use.
Really all you need is one that supports port forwarding.
Fair enough, but it's a good value for the price. Mullvad's €5/month, and while it's fallen out of favor I know people who still use PIA and get it for close to $2/month by prepaying for a few years at a time. You could probably pay for it by turning off the laptop a few hours a day to save on electricity.
Worth the price, imo.