My friend has a VPN and runs them on his desktop Mac. He’s considering running on an old laptop or some other dedicated device
- VPN is a must.
- qbittorrent bound to the VPNs virtual network device.
- Prowlarr is enough to get started. Add some public trackers.
Then, Sonarr and Radarr for show and movie automation. Once you’re hooked, you’ll figure out the rest.
Last year, I set up an IG account to just view a family member’s posts. It required a photo of me. At first I was said, “fuck no”, but, just to see what would happen, I uploaded an image of some random face. I think it might have even been from a cartoon. It worked.