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How fast/convenient is Tor for downloading large files, like video (e.g. via Bittorrent)?

PS: It seems that Bittorrent over Tor is a bad idea, [1].

[1] https://blog.torproject.org/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-id...

In Qatar, which has a national firewall, I was able to use Tor to browse torrent sites, and then use a regular bittorrent client to fetch the contents of the magnet links (encrypted connections only). That worked great for the few years that I was there. The Qatari internet was a fair bit faster than what I am used to from Canada, about 30 - 50 MB/s at max torrent.

Worth trying Tribler. Seems it's Torrent traffic inside its own Tor network. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribler

It's a really bad idea. I used to stream, though. Which was fine.

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