Comments on: BitThief Downloads Torrents Without Uploading

By: oZZo

oZZo — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:15 +0000

Here are 2 ways to stop BitThief from spying on you:
http://limboinmetropolis.blogspot.com/2008/07/bitthief-how-low-can-we-go.html

By: ciprian

ciprian — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:18:10 +0000

For post no. 18:
see
http://dcg.ethz.ch/projects/bitthief/documentation.php

(there is no RAR archive, by the way)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:16:46 +0000

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By: WEareNULL

WEareNULL — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:54:29 +0000

I am pretty sure that the only reason bitthief even exists is to show the weakness in the Bittorrent protocol. I think we all should be greatefull and anyone who makes a true client, manages a tracker, or works on the protocol should look at bitthief and find a way to fix all the explites they use as well and some of the privacy flaws, I honestly don’t want everyone else who downloaded hacking manuals to know my IP address, even though I have a dynamic address and know how to instantly change it

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:51:31 +0000

The phrase “Theres no honor among theives” comes to mind.

By: the way

the way — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:12:04 +0000

First of all, bitthief is wrong. But I think it should be not difficult to a small group of leechers to change the code of their clients to leech faster without upload, as BitThief shows (and happened before with leech eMule clients). What’s the point in banning named clients if everyone could change a Vuze client to steal bandwith? The change should be at protocol level (IMHO).

By: time to evolve

time to evolve — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:58:38 +0000

I guess there is no honor among thieves after all. It’s funny to hear pirates complain about what they are guilty of. The very same justifications for doing what they do can also be used by BitThief users too. Don’t be a hypocrite, keep on stealing what you can and be happy. I know it hurts to be cheated, but how do you think the media industry feels? Most pirates need to climb down from their high horse and accept the reality of this and deal with it, just like the media industries do. Evolve or die, remember? Thank BitThief for forcing BitTorrents to evolve. We want anonymous, fair, and secure BitTorrents for ALL.

By: Conspiracy?

Conspiracy? — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:11:46 +0000

So, BitThief is made by peeps in Zurich.. Hmmm. Ya know, that’s where Rapidshare has all it’s servers too. Hmmm.. Conspiracy?

By: AA7

AA7 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:52:16 +0000

How do I actually instal this? I extracted the rar but now what? There is no exe!

By: stuck in the usa

stuck in the usa — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:11:54 +0000

I have to use this sort of upload blocking. I have already been contacted by my ISP about seeding torrents. Their policy is that the next time a torrent goes out from my comp my service gets shut off. It sux here in the US because of this crap. Damn Comcast.