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Hmm, many Linux distro are distributed via Torrent. As well as many video platform also use webtorrent. It is a just protocol like http. And when one is downloa
by deepstack 5y ago
Hmm, many Linux distro are distributed via Torrent. As well as many video platform also use webtorrent. It is a just protocol like http. And when one is downloading a really large file, torrent can arguably be much better than direct download.
- gruez 5y agoThat might be true, but let's be real here: torrents are overwhelmingly used to pirate software/videos/music. The categorization is "potentially unwanted", not " definitely unwanted", so I think the classification is justified. Also, despite "linux iso torrents" being a meme in many circles I have rarely actually used that to download isos. The default option of http is almost always fast enough and the increased hassle of booting up my torrent client isn't worth it.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoSure, I use BitTorrent for Linux isos at work in a highly controlled environment, but for every one of me there would be hundreds pirating software at work, and tens accidentally killing their businesses bandwidth/quota by seeding too much.
- saiya-jin 5y agoEnterprise also expects certain kind of user awareness, or if not then certain amount of admin-set restrictions on the machine. Not these kind of big daddy policing decisions.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoIs defender a ‘big daddy policing decision’? You’re welcome to disable it via group policy if you like.
- josephcsible 5y agoDefender working this way by default is a ‘big daddy policing decision’. The default should be to not do this, and people that want it should have to enable it via Group Policy.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoAre you saying that insecure by default is a good idea? Defender enabled by default would save billions annually, and not just from businesses but also grandma who’s entire photo collection just got ransomware’d. That big daddy policing move was the single best action taken by Microsoft.
- josephcsible 5y agoI'm not saying that Defender should be disabled by default. I'm saying that it shouldn't flag BitTorrent clients by default.
- deepstack 5y agoFor sure, then set the seeding and upload rate limit. In general torrent is still the more reliable (decentralised) ways to share large files.
- AbrahamParangi 5y agoYes but in practice people often use BitTorrent on their work computer to download music, movies and malware.
- duiker101 5y agoHence the P for potentially.