Is the Ubuntu 21.10 torrent method still valid for testing VPN anonymity?

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I read the guide (https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/ssy8vv/guide_bind_vpn_network_interface_to_torrent/) and wanted to use the linked Ubuntu 21.10 torrent to test if my vpn setting is working anonymously. However, whether I enabled mullvad vpn or not, I can download the Ubuntu 21.10. Thus I want to ask, is this method still valid?

My approach: In short, I installed docker version cr.hotio.dev/hotio/qbittorrent. It has the ability of binding vpn. I use the flag “VPN_ENABLED=” to control whether the wg0.conf from mullvad vpn is used or not. By looking at “docker logs qbittorrent”, I can see that the flag is working at controlling vpn option. When VPN_ENABLED=false, the downloading of Ubuntu 21.10 is even faster.

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That’s not really about anonymity, but yes, although you could just run curl icanhazip.com in the container as well to see the public IP which should match the VPN IP.

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thank you! truly as you said, the VPN IP revealed itself.