Posted by Petesmad on 04/29/07 20:42

"Colin Wilson" <REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgroup@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.co.uk> wrote
in message news:MPG.209f11053b6a13998a03c@news.individual.net...
>> I found out this morning he says he using mainly bearshare and utorrent
>> should I be worried (or just leave him to it) ?
>
> I'm not sure how bearshare works to be honest, but I suspect it uses a
> common "shared" directory of files which can be found by anyone by
> simply searching for it. This will basically let them figure out who
> you are in a single search, and is a Bad Thing (TM)
>
> uTorrent doesn't worry me quite as much, but if you look at the
> PeerGuardian site, and perhaps over at bluetack.co.uk (whose
> blocklists PG uses) there is a lot of debate whether uTorrent should
> be blocked altogether as they signed an agreement with a media company
> about 12 months ago, so may have undisclosed motives that might allow
> you to be traced.

I use azureus which is not bad.

Not tried utorrent and from you post I think I'll avoid it.

So your saying that utorrent owners have signed a deal and may be now trying
to catch people ?

Do yopu have any proof or just a educated guess ?

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