Why Tribler; The protocol Bittorrent χρησιμοποιεί απευθείας συνδέσεις μεταξύ των χρηστών του από προεπιλογή. Αυτό σημαίνει ότι κάθε φορά που τοποθετείτε ένα torrent σε ένα client όπως το uTorrent, οι seeders αλλά και αυτοί που κατεβάζουν το torrent, μπορούν να δουν την IP σας.
The main problem with Bittorrent protocol connections is that it is very easy for someone to trace them users. Ορισμένες εταιρείες μάλιστα, χρησιμοποιούν αυτό το χαρακτηριστικό για να παρακολουθούν τους downloaders και τους seeders των torrents καθώς δεν υπάρχει καμία anonymity In the process of.
Some services and techniques have been created from time to time to protect torrent users. users from it. For example, there are proxies that can hide true IP. The proxy enters between the user's device and the other devices that upload or download the torrent, and hides the true IP.
But true IP exists in the log of the company running the proxy, and it is very easy for authorities to request logs from these companies.
What does Tribler do?
The Tribler comes to improve the privacy of Bittorrent users by using multiple proxy layers instead of a single proxy. One of the main advantages of this approach is that you do not have to trust a single proxy server:
- The seeder is connected to the first proxy, and the data transmitted here is encrypted.
- The second proxy sits between the first and the third, and will continue to encrypt the data.
- The third proxy. is the only one connected to your device directly. It is also connected to the second proxy.
One of the problems with this system is that the seeder is still unprotected. Tribler plans to change that by using similar mediation chains to improve seeder privacy.
Interested users can try the program here.
According to the development team, the anonymity layer for downloaders is expected to be released in the fall.
Another interesting feature of Tribler is the fact that the program's search is powered by peer to peer connections rather than a central server which uses the user's data to return search results.
How fast will it be?
According to the manufacturers the speed is not affected, of course in Greece with the existing connections we can not have the pick of the results in case of testing.
