No not unencrypted traffic. Any traffic. If a subpoena comes in like “hey this IP did a piracy pls tell us who it was” there is no way for us to answer that. Any VPN that doesn’t have that is a scam. Sadly, a lot of them are.

no we don’t lol. There’s no way for us to connect an account to any of the traffic on our nodes.

I applaud your mistrust though.

I’m not sure. When in doubt, use protection right? I know at least a couple where it is illegal

In most jurisdictions, piracy is illegal no?

Whether you really need a VPN depends on where you live. When in doubt, use one

I work for a VPN company. There may be many shitty VPN companies that do keep logs, but not all of them.

You just need to pick the right ones, ideally audited ones.

Also, VPNs are absolutely required in some countries if you’re using public torrents. Even if they’re not required in your country right now, you’re still advertising that you’re doing illegal stuff if you don’t use one.