Hello! To start my attempt at not lurking I am posting a link to the collection of links I have from Reddit regarding various Piracy sites. Please keep in mind this is my personal collection. You should ABSOLUTELY vet the links yourself. I am just a guy on the internet, I am not a trusted source. This is not a complete list. This is just the sites I refer to for their specific category. I’ve omitted a fair bit too since the megathreads / link collections have them already too.

If you have other good sources, be sure to share!

General Piracy:

-/r/piracy Megathread
-FMHY
-Ripped
-PiratezParty
-Champagne Wiki
-DuckLink

Games:

-cs.rin.ru - Requires Signup
-GOG games
-Zamunda Linux Games (LinuzRulez!) - Requires Signup
-/r/PiratedGames Megathread
-Fitgirl Repacks
-DODI repacks
-ElAmigos repacks
-OVAgames
-Gload
-SteamRIP
-Torrmininatorr - Requires signup
-OnlineFixme - Requires signup
-ZLOemu

Movies/Series:

-YTS.MX
-BabyTorrent

Books:

-ShadowLibraries
-Libgen.fun
-Libgen.me
-Libgen.rs
-PDFdrive

Software:

-Monkrus - Adobe Stuff
-Appnee
-Sanet (Slow downloads)
-DirtyWarez - Requires signup

Mobile:

-Androeed
-5play
-PDALife
-Mobilism
-HappyMod - Requires installing app
-RevDL

Private tracker Invites:

-TorrentInvites
-OpenTrackers

  • smegger@lemmy.podycust.co.ukEnglish
    12·
    2 years ago

    My first Lemmy post! Has anyone found any good trash TV sources? I’ve had to resort to streaming sites like soap and the like. Can’t stand the stuff myself, but gotta keep the missus happy so I can keep home labbing :D

    • Spunky 🏴‍☠️@lemmy.clickEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Taking a quick look at TG… rules say nothing about maintaining a ratio. And I can’t see anything in my account about it… its effectively a ratio free public torrent site? Same as TPB and 1337?

  • Icarus@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    for books, IRC is a very good source. you can use use this guide to download stuff just make sure to use hexchat instead of mIRC. I see you didn’t include links for mobile apps, some good ones are, moddedcentral on telegram, mobilism and filecr (also has PC apps), 4pda is also good if you can manage to make an account there 😅

    • Xer0@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      IRC is great for books and mp3s I’ve found. But for actual full high quality albums Soulseek has been unbelievable.

    • PracticalParrot@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Thanks! I will add a mobile section. I specifically didn’t because I honestly don’t fully trust most of the links I have collected for mobile. I’ll post those I at least trust.

  • limeaide@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    Thank you for resources?

    Noob question: How would I go about vetting the links/downloads?

    Also, how do I safely download from these sites? I’ve been using a VPN (mullvad) for a couple years now, but is that enough?

    I’m pretty tech savvy but I have never needed to download, but I just don’t want to install origin, Uplay, EA, or any other launcher to play a single player game and tbh I don’t want to support those companies at all

    • DudePluto@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      Also, how do I safely download from these sites?

      I thought there was a mirror on lemmy for r/piracy’s spectacular megathread but I don’t see it. Rough guides from a semi-noob:

      Direct download:

      1. TOR with Ublock Origin add-on

      2. After downloading your file, upload it to virustotal.com and scan it. If it passes you’re probably pretty safe.

      Torrent:

      1. Find and your file magnet in TOR.

      2. Turn on VPN.

      3. Open qbittorrent with your connection bound to your VPN’s network.

      4. Paste your magnet link when it prompts you and download.

      5. Once it’s done downloading, upload it to virustotal to scan it.

      • Akasazh@lemmy.mlEnglish
        8·
        2 years ago

        Why could you not just find the magnet link with VPN on? Just trying to understand why that should be done via TOR

        • DudePluto@lemmy.mlEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          There’s controversy over whether VPN + TOR is a good combo. Some say it’s an added layer of anonymity, others say it could be decreasing anonymity because your VPN could be logging your traffic. Some also say the two don’t mesh well. But honestly the juries out so everyone should probably come to their own conclusion

          • Pisck@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

            A VPN will get all the browsing data that could otherwise be collected by an ISP. I feel like the difference is a VPN is a self-selected group of people who are willing to pay for anonymity, which implies both juicier data and more likely to have money. I’d kinda rather not identify myself that way. Especially since it’s legally established that you can’t identify individuals by IP address (in the US).

            TOR is its own debate. It’s as secure as the node you’re using, and my understanding was a significant proportion of them were controlled by US LEO which kinda compromised the point.

          • DestroyMegacorps@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

            It’s a bad idea since Tor already has bridges to bypass censorship and adding a VPN will make your connection slower

          • NotaCat@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            I’ve just always been of the mindset that pirating is so low on the feds radar that even if a VPN is tracking or even if they’re a honeypot it’s not like the government agencies are going to expose that by coming after some low level pirate. That said I’m not super active anymore and I always look for VPN’s who at least claim to not track.

  • Hexorg@beehaw.orgEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    I wonder if activity pub based tracker would be good (so - part of fediverse)

  • KrustyEnglish
    71·
    2 years ago

    Bookmarked, thanks :)

  • super9mega@lemmy.s9m.xyzEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    If your looking for a music tracker, the best private tracker for flac files is redacted. they have a huge collection. its a private tracker but its pretty easy to get on as long as you care about music.

    • Spunky 🏴‍☠️@lemmy.clickEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Not sure I’d say RED is easy to get into… and its definitely not for newbies to private trackers. I’d suggest Orpheus as being easier to get into, more welcoming to newbies… and easier to maintain ratio.

    • Evkob@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Seriously, setting up streaming with Real Debrid and Kodi add-ons was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I have gotten through a huge chunk of my watch-list since.

        • Evkob@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Eh, I did try it, and can see why some might prefer it, but I spent a fair amount of time configuring my Kodi setup perfectly with my Trakt lists and a nice skin. It just works the best for my use case.

          I’m intrigued by Syncler though, even if you have to pay. That plus what I already pay for RD would still end up massively cheaper than what everyone I know pays for a single streaming service nowadays. I’m still surprised more people haven’t turned to piracy in the past few years of proliferation of massive amounts of new streaming services and crackdowns on account sharing.