It is as safe, it just adds extra (needed) functionality. See this post that was shared by Brickfrog right above https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/441108
Seeding/downloading torrents with private trackers requires portforwarding to be effective, also accessing a home network from the internet (I’m still researching that usecase, if someone has any useful tutorials I’ll take it.)
Not a big fan of proton since you can’t have a dedicated password for the VPN. I’ll look into Windscribe, thank you.
It is as safe, it just adds extra (needed) functionality. See this post that was shared by Brickfrog right above https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/441108