Do not use qBittorrent, it'll leak your real IP by default even when you're connected to VPN

submitted by awdrifter from self.torrents

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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I would be more concerned that isnt the default setting on my VPN - it is them I am entrusting to obscure my actual IP address without leaving potentially untrustworthy client apps gaping backdoors to my real IP, though yes I agree that this is poor default behavior for a bittorent client. However, bittorent clients have no expectation of privacy, and VPN's do, so I'd ultimately put the blame on them

[–]awdrifter[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The torrent client shouldn't actively bypass my VPN though. My VPN is setup to have split tunneling off. As far as I can tell, no other torrent client bypassed my VPN and announced on my real IP.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I agree, thats a terrible default behavior on the client. I guess I know qBittorrent can't be trusted now

[–]awdrifter[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yea, it's just a heads up. I was surprised by this when I checked the torrent IP, since no other torrent clients I've used do this.