Hi,
Lo! These many, many years of computerizing and I've never even TOUCHED a torrent! It all sounded a bit too sketchy to me.
But, I'm wading in and I've installed an application called qbitorrent -
https://www.qbittorrent.org/I applied the safety suggestions here already:
https://cyberwaters.com/is-qbittorrent-safe/And, I have a VPN.
So, two-part question, please: are there any OTHER things I can do to make qbitorrent more safe? (Other than NOT torrenting, of course.) Suggested expert configurations, or even other apps I should use in concert?
Second, I've got a ROUGH idea of how peer-to-peer works. So, by installing a program like qbitorrent...and I making my own machine a peer in these transactions? Or, only a shopper. My thinking here is that, if by trying to use a torrent app like qbitorrent, the app itself by default turns my own machine into a peer on the network, then I'd be less interested in that.
I guess, asked another way, my question is: in using qbitorrent, am I just a downloader of things that have a torrent address? Or, does the app also put my files / machine onto the shared roadway?
Sincerely,
OT
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