Contrary to popular belief using torrent is not illegal, it’s mere a technology to share files over internet. But using this technology to pirate software, movies and music is illegal.
What is torrent?
It’s method to peer to peer file sharing. To download using torrent you need .TORRENT file. This file contains details and direction for how to share a particular data. Advantage of peer to peer file haring are but not limited to:
- It does not require expensive server equipment. Your own computer or laptop act as a temporary server if you have enabled seeding.
- Another advantage is that large files can be downloaded over slow connection.
- You can download part of a file on one system and transfer it to another to complete it. For example, if you started a 10 GB download on your computer and its 40% complete. You can transfer that file on your mobile and resume the download using the .torrent file and it will resume from the 40%.
How to use torrent.
To download using torrent you need .torrent file which you can download from any torrent listing website like 1337x, Torrentgalaxy, etc.
Unfortunately most torrent websites are blocked by the government. But you can bypass it by using VPN or tor browser. I will list link to these tools at the end of this article.
After obtaining the .torrent file you need a torrent client.
On windows qBittorrent is the one I use. It is opensource and powerful. On android after trying a lot of torrent apps, I have settled on ZetaTorrent.
You need to open the .torrent file in the client app and that’s it.
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