Is uTorrent safe? How much advantage with upgrading?

[ShiroKen]

I've been using 1.6.1 for ages now. One of the reasons is because I prefer the old UI design, but another is because I heard that newer versions might be a security risk.

http://libcom.org/forums/news/utorrent-bought-mpaa

TBH the title is misleading. uTorrent was bought by bittorrent, who in turn said they are working with MPAA to combat piracy or whatever.

There is an old thread (3 years old) that said there was no evidence of spying or anything. Does that still hold true?

I also gather that recent versions of uTorrent use something like UDP? What kind of gains would you see over TCP? I download at 6100KB/s currently with TCP.

Thanks

[DreadWingKnight]

I've been using 1.6.1 for ages now

Security holes the size of Texas. Also massively outdated and completely unsupported.

There is an old thread (3 years old) that said there was no evidence of spying or anything. Does that still hold true?

It does hold true.