PSA: The popular leech client Stremio got an upgrade to spoof other clients than TorrentStorm.
DroneRights [it/its] @ DroneRights @lemm.ee Posts 5Comments 347Joined 2 yr. ago
DroneRights [it/its] @ DroneRights @lemm.ee
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Torrenting is a technology where a network of ordinary people share a file in tiny pieces all together. There's no central server, you connect to one, ten, or a hundred other computers who each give you part of the file.
Torrenting only works if people are uploading the file as well as downloading it. Giving a file to others is called seeding, and taking a file from others without giving back is called leeching. Most people are peers, who take the same amount they give. Ideally, everyone would be a peer, but since some people are leeches, we also need seeders.
I'm not familiar with this stremio app, but if it does what I think it does, then it takes from the network without giving back and it can now pretend to be a different client to sneak onto the network. If enough stremio users watch a show, it'll become unavailable to other pirates.