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beneath
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so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

#7700002 - 11/30/07 07:18 PM (18 years, 11 months ago)

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Wolfgang

Registered: 11/25/07
Posts: 8,370

Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: beneath]
#7700018 - 11/30/07 07:21 PM (18 years, 11 months ago)

I've heard it works fine but I use bitcomet.

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beneath
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: Wolfgang]
#7700025 - 11/30/07 07:23 PM (18 years, 11 months ago)

i heard something about some company buying utorrent, a company you wouldn't want to own it, like a company against piracy.

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LosAngelesGraff
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

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#7700201 - 11/30/07 08:05 PM (18 years, 11 months ago)

noooooooo. i told every body and there mommas about utorrent. even jessie the 7/11 hindu saek dude.

bitcomet here i come.

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supra
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

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#7700281 - 11/30/07 08:23 PM (18 years, 11 months ago)

utorrent was bought by the original bittorrent, now it is updated by them, and the problem is who knows what they will do with it, or if they track your downloads or report to authorities...

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AlteredAgain
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Registered: 04/27/06
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: supra]
#15633382 - 01/08/12 04:47 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

I know this news is years old and exactly that's why I want to bring it back up again because I'm reinstalling software on my fresh OS and was just about to install uTorrent again until I remembered about them being owned by a questionable corporation. What are you guys using right now?

I've used uTorrent ever since and never had a problem, partially given to the fact that I'm smart about it and deal only in the private spheres, yet I can't shake the feeling now that uTorrent being at v.3.1 is a sketchy piece of software and I'm considering alternatives, preferably open source, to continue peering.

reposting from S&T: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/15633379#15633379

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akira_akuma
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

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#15633387 - 01/08/12 04:50 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

don't update?
Edit: erm... don't update ever... like me.

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SubMuncher
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: akira_akuma]
#15633648 - 01/08/12 07:48 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

Try vuze

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pwnasaurus
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: SubMuncher]
#15633661 - 01/08/12 07:54 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

uTorrent is hands down the best torrent client.

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Shroomism
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: pwnasaurus]
#15633675 - 01/08/12 07:59 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

it's the only one I've ever used. lightweight, good.

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AlteredAgain
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: akira_akuma]
#15633739 - 01/08/12 08:32 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

akira_akuma said:

don't update?
Edit: erm... don't update ever... like me.

so which build do you think i should get, 2.2, 1.8, or even 1.6 before they were bought out? i'm definitely steering clear of 3.x no doubt about that.

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Edited by AlteredAgain (01/08/12 08:49 AM)

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AlteredAgain
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: pwnasaurus]
#15633766 - 01/08/12 08:47 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

pwnasaurus said:

uTorrent is hands down the best torrent client.

i know it's the best in terms of resource use, aesthetic, and stability. i have always used utorrent for that reason ever since. but what do you make of the whole story surrounding bittorrent inc. and their privacy policy? just rumors?

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pwnasaurus
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: AlteredAgain]
#15633771 - 01/08/12 08:50 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

Why? I would just get then newest version. I see no reason not to.

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Shroomeup
Snipes

Registered: 02/16/07
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: AlteredAgain]
#15633781 - 01/08/12 08:56 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

I dont know too much about all this torrent program business. Ive always used bittorrent. Is bittorrent bad news or what?

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Visionary Tools

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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: Shroomeup]
#15633787 - 01/08/12 08:58 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

I have used vuze before it got horrid and bloaty, went to utorrent. But I do the internet stuff with linux so I have transmission, which I've also seen on mac.

Utorrent if you got windows is just fine.

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the spiral
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: Shroomism]
#15633789 - 01/08/12 08:59 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

Shroomism said:

it's the only one I've ever used. lightweight, good.

:whathesaid:

It's light, no ads, very small program that uses few resources itself. I leave my update on - I guess if you're paranoid you can leave it off, but if you take the time to go into your settings and change a few things around I can't see how you could end up with any problems unless and until that new SOPA (or whatever it's called - internet censorship) law passes.

I know someone who used utorrent and didn't know to limit her upload rate, and she was using her roommates cable modem. She got a cease and desist letter from Comcast threatening to cut off their internet. So I showed her how to limit her upload rate to 25 kbps and now she's a happy pirate once more.

Avast ye maties! Commercials are for shmucks :mushroom2:

:mushroom2:

Edit: Thought I should mention that the advent of torrents has actually caused me to buy MORE films and albums than I would have if it wasn't around. I've heard others say the same. I think that the industry is battling its own interests by trying to ban torrents of commercial material. Even if they do try, it won't ever work. We're way smarter than congress. You'd think they would know that by now. Hello, Anonymous?

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Edited by the spiral (01/08/12 09:03 AM)

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AlteredAgain
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: Shroomeup]
#15633790 - 01/08/12 08:59 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

i think i'm just being paranoid :paranoid:

:paranoid:

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pwnasaurus
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: Visionary Tools]
#15633814 - 01/08/12 09:13 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

Visionary Tools said:

I have used vuze before it got horrid and bloaty, went to utorrent. But I do the internet stuff with linux so I have transmission, which I've also seen on mac.

Utorrent if you got windows is just fine.

Transmission is crap. Use rtorrent on linux.

Using transmission I would always connect to literally 1/10 or less of the peers I do for the same torrent with uTorrent, and my speeds were also consistently ~1/10.

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Sophistic Radiance
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

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#15633821 - 01/08/12 09:16 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

I just got it because I did a fresh install of the OS, and although I don't know anything about the background I can tell you quite confidently that the interface is pure balls. It's got a built-in media player. :suicide:

:suicide:

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pwnasaurus
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Re: so is the newest utorrent safe to use or not?

[Re: Sophistic Radiance]
#15633849 - 01/08/12 09:28 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

What are you referring to? Version 3.x of uTorrent?

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