Timeline for Do we allow questions that will assist in piracy? [duplicate]
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| Jun 24, 2016 at 14:55 | history | closed |
muru Byte CommanderMod Videonauth Kevin Bowen Ron |
Duplicate of Questions that refer to using or installing ripped/pirated software, Are questions on unauthorized software on-topic? | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 12:19 | comment | added | terdon Mod | @AndroidDev let's not discuss the technical side of things here. Take it to chat. | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 12:19 | comment | added | TheWanderer | @AndroidDev I always stop the torrent so I'm not a seeder, but I don't really see there the risk is, or if it's any more risky than running a home web server. | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 12:15 | vote | accept | You'reAGitForNotUsingGit | ||
| Jun 23, 2016 at 12:01 | answer | added | OliMod | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 11:54 | comment | added | You'reAGitForNotUsingGit | @Zacharee1 - You don't consider becoming a source to download the file from a security risk? | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 11:52 | comment | added | terdon Mod | @AndroidDev I always use torrents to download Linux ISOs for example. That's 100% legal and usually faster than using http. There are many legal torrents. Whether you think it's a security risk or not is not relevant since you are asking about the legality. For example, asking how to disable all passwords is very risky and very silly but is still on topic. | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 11:49 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 23, 2016 at 11:48 | comment | added | TheWanderer | @AndroidDev it doesn't open up ports on your router, at least not in the way I'm thinking. It just uses ports that aren't usually used. Torrenting can actually be good, because (for more popular torrents), it avoids the risk of a dead link: everyone who downloads the file becomes a source for it unless manually disabled. I've also noticed that torrents can download faster than the internet speed I'm paying for. Of course, if you are doing illegal stuff, torrenting can make you harder to track (or take attention away from you), and it's harder to shut down every seed for a torrent. | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 11:39 | comment | added | Rinzwind | @muru not a dupe. This is about "local" sharing. Even is this is about a ripped movie it is NOT illegal since this is not about publishing to the world. | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 11:35 | comment | added | You'reAGitForNotUsingGit | @terdon Okay. IMHO, there isn't a good reason to torrent. Among other things, it opens ports on your router which is a security risk. | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 11:32 | comment | added | terdon Mod | I'm going to leave this to one of the more senior mods, but note that there is no way of knowing i) whether downloading copyrighted material is legal in the OP's country and ii) whether the torrent is even pointing to copyrighted material. There are perfectly valid and legal reasons to use torrents. | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 11:20 | history | asked | You'reAGitForNotUsingGit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |