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buchno:
...also, as you only download stuff from trackers to the seedbox, it doesn't really matter if the company can see the files, since there shouldn't be any personal information there.

If you rent it as a dedicated server and host your own site/game server/etc, though, it might matter depending on what you host.

Tiffanys:
You should be more paranoid of not using a seedbox. Check out my post here.

Bob2004:

--- Quote from: Tiffanys on February 27, 2013, 10:46:52 PM ---You should be more paranoid of not using a seedbox. Check out my post here.

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I disagree with your assertion that VPNs are only designed for browsing the web, and aren't useful for anything else. A VPN is literally just an extra hop in your internet connection, with encryption/decryption. Assuming the VPN service has bandwidth equal to or better than your own internet connection - and it isn't hard to find services which do, unless you have stupidly fast 100Mb+ fibre or whatever - and assuming the VPN server isn't too far out of the way (eg. using a VPN server in Japan will really slow you down if you live in Europe, etc), you'll lose maybe 5% of your maximum internet speed while using it. And the same applies when downloading from seedboxes anyway, since they also require the encryption/decryption phase.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Unless you have really fast internet to begin with, and unless you can't find a decent, affordable VPN service which can match it, and has servers located nearby (I'm based in the UK, and used a Swiss VPN server for a long time, which worked well), I'd say VPN is better, since it is far more versatile, and can protect you in far more ways, from far more threats. If you can't meet those two criteria, then a seedbox is better.

KasK18:
The real question is, how much of a hit would a VPN cause? I know it's server dependent but, for analogies sake, humor me for a second; I'm in the US and use Verizon FIOS, my upload download speeds are roughly 26 Mbps (that's megabits per second I believe, note bytes) and 16 Mbps is my upload. If I use, say, Canada or somewhere in Europe, Germany for example, to tunnel my traffic through, how much of a hit am I look it at roughly?

Bob2004:

--- Quote from: KasK18 on February 28, 2013, 12:33:49 AM ---The real question is, how much of a hit would a VPN cause? I know it's server dependent but, for analogies sake, humor me for a second; I'm in the US and use Verizon FIOS, my upload download speeds are roughly 26 Mbps (that's megabits per second I believe, note bytes) and 16 Mbps is my upload. If I use, say, Canada or somewhere in Europe, Germany for example, to tunnel my traffic through, how much of a hit am I look it at roughly?

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It all depends entirely on how fast the VPN server is, and how far away it is. You can get VPNs which are lightning fast and can even put out 26Mb/s bandwidth consistently, but whether there are any close enough to you to avoid increasing latency too much, and whether or not you can afford them all depends on your location and how much you're willing to spend.

Basically, there are too many variables to give you a good answer. But as speed increases, price also increases a lot too, so I'd say choices will be relatively limited at 26Mb/s. That said, while Canada may or may not be close enough depending on where in Canada (and where you are in the US), anywhere in Europe or Asia is pretty much right out. Being so far apart will add at least 100ms or so onto your ping, probably more, which will noticeably impact speeds (though not necessarily bandwidth so much).

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