I was in the same circumstances when I started. But then I asked around which helped me properly configure it.
working on my end
You can find plenty of versions on Demonoid https://www.dnoid.to/. I've used them on bare metal and on virtualization.
I just checked my DNS blocked list. Topaz software do download their models from their repositories, but I haven't come across any issues. About safety, well, its upto your threat model.
Privacy focused frontend of YouTube
We got freetube too, you can always play on mpv
Then, Proton it is
Mullvad or Proton
Well ofcourse. WhatsApp works on a propriatary network where they store all your chats
KVM would be a safe way to test your pirated software. But it downgrades the performance.
XMPP? It works.
WhatsApp was build upon XMPP protocol. You can look into XMPP clients.
Besides that WhatsApp is not the way to communicate anyway. Normies use it because it is put up on their face and considered to be widely acceptable among them, while rhey don't understand how privacy invading it is.
I found I2P much better than Tor network, and now it supports BitTorrent protocol too https://geti2p.net/en/docs/applications/bittorrent .
Why haven't the pirates migrated to I2P? Why are we still using clearnet and making people backout of seeding cause of DMCA?
