you can send messages to users on lemmy and reply back. but ig the instance owner can see them,thats why you use matrix and send your id to the user to chat with.

yes its enough,with an antivirus(windows defender is great) and common sense. sticking to fmhy(dot)net megathread,plus you dont even need a vpn if you dont live in first world.

also you need to bind your vpn to torrent client(qbittorent) . as for direct downloads they dont need vpn even in first world .

also you need adblock to not get malware,use firefox + ublock origin. or brave browser with shields on aggressive. and bec ads are just bad,note these adblockers work for everything not just piracy. they also work for youtube.

also visit this community if you want to ask more questions https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/piracy

it isnt really,its even open source you can read its code.

i may do that. as for the ads you should have firefox + ublock origin or brave to block ads.

yes exactly i mean that

i mean like a meta or google owned reddit yes. i mean all other types of social media are dominated by big tech but not reddit style