5. How to torrent - prerequisites

FIRST, in order to torrent you will need a torrenting client.

As of now the best one for most uses is qBitTorrent. You can get it here.
https://www.qbittorrent.org/download
You download it and run it.
Dont use uTorrent because its really bad.
Trust me to just stick to qBitTorrent.

NOTE:
Whenever you want do quit a torrenting client - they usually close the window but stay working in the background. So use Process Manager if you use Windows, kill the process when you are done torrenting!

SECOND , if you want to be safer - use a VPN to change location to somewhere else. Preferably to another country. I guess the best are countries known for not caring about computer stuff, although I personally torrented huge amounts with USA, EU, Switzerland, and Japan as my address and never got anything. Not using a VPN while torrenting leads to hundreds and thousands of dollars of fines.

VPNs are usually paid at about 4$ per month, billed annually or bianually. Many offer a month of trial per card, so you can get free trials and cancel them with money back whenever you will be downloading stuff.

A free VPN that supports torrenting is Windscribe at https://windscribe.com/ and when you confirm your e-mail you get 10 GBs per month. If you make many accounts they will flag and ban them, ban evasion with them isn't easy. If you torrent very little you will manage. There may be other VPNs but seek them yourself, I used Windscribe and I can confirm Windscribe is okay for the task.

NOTE:
If you enable a VPN in your web browser - the VPN only works for the browser and not your torrenting client meaning your browser has a hidden IP and not torrenting client! Don't mix it up. Same for TOR browser. You should use VPN app or directly use proxy through your system! Not browser VPN, not browser addons! A real one!

NOTE:
When you subscribe to a VPN read if the price you pay is for the first year and then it charges you insane amounts, many do this dirty trick!