WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoPSA: The popular leech client Stremio got an upgrade to spoof other clients than TorrentStorm.github.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1157file-text
arrow-up1157external-linkPSA: The popular leech client Stremio got an upgrade to spoof other clients than TorrentStorm.github.comWarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-21 year 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-squareNorah - She/TheylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoMe, using a private tracker: Nope, don’t see them.
minus-squareDarkncoldbard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoThat. Is. Hilarious. I always block anyone that pops up as torrent storm since I never get any data from people on that service
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.
That. Is. Hilarious. I always block anyone that pops up as torrent storm since I never get any data from people on that service