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Popcorn Time Is Back

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Re: Popcorn Time Is Back

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This looks like apks and no desktop apps, is that accurate? I’ll never forget the warm cozy feeling I got when my isp sent me a letter listing the the movies I had pirated over popcorn time.

I always got very amused when i got these letters... the stuff they claimed my IP had downloaded, was definitely not downloaded on my network. rotating IP addresses made the warnings pointless.

Can't they use DHCP leases? Thankfully, ISP doesn't show that much effort.

Re: Popcorn Time Is Back

#13
I used to use Popcorn Time for a while when all I watched my movies on was on my old HTC Sensation XE with a 540p display, 11 years ago.

Now, I've upgraded to a nice 55" OLED, and I can't move away from Blu-ray rips. The sheer size of these rips (~25-70 GB) will burn through my data plan in an hour flat, not to mention that even with a 4G connection, it might be a little hard for a sporadically-seeded torrent to keep up with the bit-rate required for the film to play without buffering.

Even so, great effort bringing it back again; I had great fun with it when I did use it.

Re: Popcorn Time Is Back

#14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always got very amused when i got these letters... the stuff they claimed my IP had downloaded, was definitely not downloaded on my network. rotating IP addresses made the warnings pointless.

Can't they use DHCP leases? Thankfully, ISP doesn't show that much effort.

Even if they weren't too lazy to, an IP doesn't and can't identify a person or even household. Must be my neighbors downloading movies on my open wifi network, I can't figure out these high tech router thingymajigs ;).

Re: Popcorn Time Is Back

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't they use DHCP leases? Thankfully, ISP doesn't show that much effort.

Even if they weren't too lazy to, an IP doesn't and can't identify a person or even household. Must be my neighbors downloading movies on my open wifi network, I can't figure out these high tech router thingymajigs ;).

In France it's an offence to not configure securely your network if there's some illegal stuff happening on it. You are held responsible for any downloads on your own network.

Re: Popcorn Time Is Back

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This looks like apks and no desktop apps, is that accurate? I’ll never forget the warm cozy feeling I got when my isp sent me a letter listing the the movies I had pirated over popcorn time.

If you're gonna do this stuff always always always use a VPN, and not a free VPN. Honestly I use a VPN for literally everyhing. My two mobile phones and 3 PCs and a home server. If I can't get to a site because they block VPNs then fuck them I'll spend my money somewhere else.

Re: Popcorn Time Is Back

#17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't they use DHCP leases? Thankfully, ISP doesn't show that much effort.

Even if they weren't too lazy to, an IP doesn't and can't identify a person or even household. Must be my neighbors downloading movies on my open wifi network, I can't figure out these high tech router thingymajigs ;).

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Re: Popcorn Time Is Back

#18
post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even if they weren't too lazy to, an IP doesn't and can't identify a person or even household. Must be my neighbors downloading movies on my open wifi network, I can't figure out these high tech router thingymajigs ;).

In France it's an offence to not configure securely your network if there's some illegal stuff happening on it. You are held responsible for any downloads on your own network.

If that's the case, then it should be illegal for companies to sell devices that have issues that can be exploited in them.

Re: Popcorn Time Is Back

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I don't see the point anymore. Lots of torrent software allows sequential downloads, so I can play them as they are downloaded, assuming the download speed is faster than the length of the video, in a video player of my choice. Usually though when I decide to watch something I pick it for that night, add it and watch it when I'm ready, so streaming is not really a problem I need solved.
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