How do you overcome the fears of using your home IP to join a private tracker?

trivial99@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com – 55 points –

I'm considering joining my first private tracker. It turns out that most of them need you to pass an interview connected through your home IP. I understand this is a reasonable way to filter scammers and duplicate accounts. Still, to those who did it, how do you feel knowing your main IP is stored and associated to your torrenting history?

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I wouldn't join a private tracker that requires me to expose my real IP. It doesn't sound serious at all.

Same. I run a VPN 24/7. I always wear my seatbelt! 😉

Thanks, still some apparently major ones require it, might be the case that I need to keep looking for alternatives.