Security Concerns

[WhoIam]

In Canada here we have learned that torrents are being completely monitored by our government in recent news. Their function is supposedly intended to capture those downloading illegal pornography but they keep track of ALL our material even if it is movies or music. Of course this is a big concern since the idea of using torrents is about sharing files. Some in the news have even mentioned how they use this as a means to relay private materials (One they showed was a lawyer concerned since he uses this to relay confidential matters. 

 

What has uTorrent able to say in this regards?

 

Also, I've been concerned why when we  install this software, it embeds itself within an admin account's data files rather than as a regular program. I find this acts as a security risk in and of itself since for those of us who want to use a separate online OS account, this software runs with administration privileges and an ability to alter user account control settings, very severe risk to allow. Why is this program NOT designed to run independently in a standard account AND in such a way that it isolates itself in a safe memory space? Without this, it enables spyware and other problems to function with relative ease upon download, even if we don't actually run what we download.

 

Why is this set up this way and we find a better way to be secure here?

 

Thanks. 

[PiusX]

Then don't torrent illegal software and copyright protected movies that will keep you out of prying eyes. Also this goes beyond what utorrent help. It is independent it's the users that use it for other means downloading copyright protected movies and then come asking for help here and that kinda request is rejected.

[WhoIam]

I wasn't suggesting this ('illegal' software and copyright concerns). However, if you sincerely believed in your product here, you'd know that the concept of torrents is about sharing. Apparently, for one who seems to have a lot of posts, you indicate your own complicity to allow and encourage invasions of privacy here and are also likely someone related to the development of the program. And so your evasion to the other questions tells me you, as representing this 'business?' is likely being used for fraudulent means.

 

Thanks.

[DreadWingKnight]

Expecting privacy in a peer to peer system is a flawed expectation.

Many of these systems have historically never been private.

Even the so-called "private trackers" are far from private.

That said, there's no way for an outsider to poll your client for what torrents you're running unless you have remote enabled or webui enabled and the webui port forwarded.

[PiusX]

I wasn't suggesting this ('illegal' software and copyright concerns). However, if you sincerely believed in your product here, you'd know that the concept of torrents is about sharing. Apparently, for one who seems to have a lot of posts, you indicate your own complicity to allow and encourage invasions of privacy here and are also likely someone related to the development of the program. And so your evasion to the other questions tells me you, as representing this 'business?' is likely being used for fraudulent means.

 

Thanks.

wow...this is rich...trying to put words into my mouth without any evidence is truly democratic isn't it. Put this way using utorrent to download software like Open Office isn't going to trigger a Letter from your ISP that you violated Copyright Violations. If you can't see that then nothing we can do about it. Utorrent has value in what it can do and you the user is the one makes those decisions.

[BilalGaditek]

Almost the same thing in USA. and what i thinking that soon it will be with the whole world.

[PiusX]

Almost the same thing in USA. and what i thinking that soon it will be with the whole world.

Stop torrenting Copyright protected movies/software and your utorrent won't get flagged it's that easy.