@WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 7 months agoPSA: The popular leech client Stremio got an upgrade to spoof other clients than TorrentStorm.github.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1160file-text
arrow-up1160external-linkPSA: The popular leech client Stremio got an upgrade to spoof other clients than TorrentStorm.github.com@WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglish23•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-squareNorah - She/TheylinkfedilinkEnglish16•7 months agoMe, using a private tracker: Nope, don’t see them.
minus-square@Darkncoldbard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish15•7 months 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