PSA: The popular leech client Stremio got an upgrade to spoof other clients than TorrentStorm.github.comexternal-link WarmApplePieShrek ( @WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 7 months ago message-square18fedilinkarrow-up195
arrow-up195external-linkPSA: The popular leech client Stremio got an upgrade to spoof other clients than TorrentStorm.github.com WarmApplePieShrek ( @WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 7 months ago message-square18fedilink
minus-square WarmApplePieShrek ( @WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish18•edit-27 months agoThere are more ways to detect than peer ID. This client is already extremely popular. Before the spoofing update, it’s mis-identified as TorrentStorm 0.0.0.8 in qBittorrent. It makes up half the peers on a lot of my torrents. Have you checked?
minus-square Norah - She/They ( @princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglish11•7 months agoMe, using a private tracker: Nope, don’t see them.
There are more ways to detect than peer ID.
This client is already extremely popular. Before the spoofing update, it’s mis-identified as TorrentStorm 0.0.0.8 in qBittorrent. It makes up half the peers on a lot of my torrents. Have you checked?
Me, using a private tracker: Nope, don’t see them.