

Is our favorite VPN for uTorrent for several reasons. Some VPN's have extra features making them better for torrents (like a).As a result, using uTorrent anonymously with a VPN is as easy as signing up for a VPN service, downloading the software, and clicking 'connect' (obviously open utorrent after the VPN is connected) A few things to keep in mind when choosing a VPN for uTorrent: These days, have easy to use VPN software that is pretty much as simple as 1-click to connect and protect your internet connection (including torrents). 2 options for anonymous uTorrent: VPN or PRoxy.
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Keep reading to learn how to get your anonymous IP address. I can pretty much guarantee your answer is the 2nd option (I know mine is). To find out how secure VPNs really are TorrentFreak asked. Now think about this: would you rather the IP address that shows up in uTorrent be your 'True IP Address' or an 'Anonymous IP' provided by a VPN or Proxy Service? As you can see, each an every peer is forced to show their IP address in uTorrent (that's how you're able to connect to other peers in the swarm). Above is a screenshot of the swarm for the pirate bay documentary film 'TBP AFK.' The last few digits of the IP addresses from the swarm have been deliberately blurred by me (even though it is a public domain torrent) to preserve their anonymity. The truth is you are much less anonymous online than you probably realize. Your IP address will be in the upper left corner).

To see your current IP address, go to (it's totally free and takes 5 seconds. An IP address can be used to identify a unique computer, device or connection. For those that aren't familiar with the term, an IP address is a unique series numbers that is assigned to you by your internet service provider. You may not realize it, but you can pull up a list of all peers you're connected to in a given bittorrent swarm and see the full IP addresses for each and every peer.

Unless you take steps to protect yourself, your true IP address is available for anyone to see on uTorrent. We wrote an an entire article on but the short answer is: If you don't use uTorrent anonymously, you don't know who's monitoring your downloads and what they're doing with that information.
