Hi all, I’m about to visit Mexico for 3 weeks. Currently in my country, I can download torrents and other stuff without VPN. Is it the same over there as well? I’d be using Wi-Fi over there.

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    15 days ago

    AFAIK South America (at least on Chile) doesn’t even care about how people use the internet, so you can pirate anything you want. I suppose is almost the same for Mexico, they have more important things to care about.

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    14 days ago

    Just get a vpn to be safe. They are so cheap. I live in a country where no one cares about it, but I still use a vpn to be safe.

    Also consider that people might not care now, but in the future, the rules might change and there might be a record that you torrented.

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    15 days ago

    Mexican here, pirate whatever you want. No one cares. Even the government uses pirate software.

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      15 days ago

      Mexican here, I second this. I don’t even bother with VPNs. My ISP’s never done anything about it. Nobody in Mexico cares about that shit.

      Do tread carefully, just in case idk

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        15 days ago

        I think I would go with a paid VPN subscription for a month for a sense of security.

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    15 days ago

    Why don’t you access your home computer over VPN from Mexico, manage your transfers on that machine per usual, and just pull whatever you need in Mexico directly from your home machine via your VPN? That way you can continue to torrent and seed without burdening someone else’s connection.

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    15 days ago

    Here’s a travel tip: don’t do dumb shit while you’re in a foreign country and don’t take advice from the internet.
    Can you really not go without torrenting for 3 weeks?

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      15 days ago

      Those 3 weeks might get extended. Also, some shows’ episodes and movies are going to release as torrents in April.