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It may be overkill, but I run all my network traffic in a VM. I never load my client before I turn on the VPN, and make sure to use the kill switch functionality. There's a step by step that should be followed for every time to remain secure in what you are downloading or uploading.
If you're on linux, you can use netns to run the client in a namespace with only the tunnel interface. No VM necessary.
I thought I was the only one who did this. It's the only way I feel 100% secure.
For me it's just more power efficient to run a VM on my TrueNAS for this purpose if I need to download very large files over night. It also speeds up file transfer / storage.