# Verizon FIOS flagged me for using torrents..WTF?

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**Created:** [April 13, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-fios-flagged-me-for-using-torrents-wtf/263391 "2012-04-13T20:01:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-fios-flagged-me-for-using-torrents-wtf/263391/10 "2012-04-14T09:44:10Z")

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> [@So this is what I got paid to do today](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-this-is-what-i-got-paid-to-do-today/49130/47):
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> You can enable **client encryption** and even ignore non-encrypted peers- also, many times their alerts based off of port-specific traffic, so you can enable **port ‘randomization’** on your torrent client also.

^ That. Basically any BT client should have those features.

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