This is why (and it affects you even with DHT and PEX disabled).
If you live in a country where copyright strikes are a thing, using a VPN or seedbox is mandatory here.
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This depends on what you download to an extent, but they're basically as secure as a public tracker.
Also, for the purposes of this response, I will assume you only use JOAL to fake upload on torrents you've already downloaded... otherwise, you'll never get any fines for "downloading" torrents with any ratio tools, as they don't connect to peers nor transfer any data.