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It's an interesting idea. I did thinking it looked pretty scammy (felt like a crypto miner), but... It does feels different in that it doesn't use any user's b

It's an interesting idea. I did thinking it looked pretty scammy (felt like a crypto miner), but... It does feels different in that it doesn't use any user's bandwidth if the site doesn't monetize it and it mandates a UI with an opt-off button if the site does monetize it and uses the user's bandwidth. But I'm not sure if this is ever gonna work... will a nearby user device really give the content that I need than a datacenter...? There's no mention on the FAQ page how it prevents from a fake user sending malicious scripts across the network as well.

bityard 5y ago
I wonder how long it will take before arc.io appears on the same content blacklists as ads and cryptominers?
- vbezhenar 5y ago
  https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/5771 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/5771 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/pull/8874 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/pull/8874 this might be of interest to you.
  - gurchik 5y ago
    So uBlock added them to the abuse list for not being opt-in, so the developer responds with adding opt-in only if you're using an adblock. Way to completely miss the intent of the rule.
grun 5y ago
> There's no mention on the FAQ page how it prevents from a fake user sending malicious scripts across the network as well. All content is fragmented, encrypted, and hashed before it's distributed across the network. If a peer ever receives a file piece from a peer and that piece's hash doesn't match the expected hash, it's dropped along with the connection to that peer.
- webmaven 5y ago
  > All content is fragmented, encrypted, and hashed before it's distributed across the network. If a peer ever receives a file piece from a peer and that piece's hash doesn't match the expected hash, it's dropped along with the connection to that peer. So, depending on the hashing algorithm, an adversary could use a hash collision to circumvent this, right?

bityard 5y ago

I wonder how long it will take before arc.io appears on the same content blacklists as ads and cryptominers?

vbezhenar 5y ago
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/5771 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/5771 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/pull/8874 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/pull/8874 this might be of interest to you.
- gurchik 5y ago
  So uBlock added them to the abuse list for not being opt-in, so the developer responds with adding opt-in only if you're using an adblock. Way to completely miss the intent of the rule.

grun 5y ago

> There's no mention on the FAQ page how it prevents from a fake user sending malicious scripts across the network as well. All content is fragmented, encrypted, and hashed before it's distributed across the network. If a peer ever receives a file piece from a peer and that piece's hash doesn't match the expected hash, it's dropped along with the connection to that peer.

webmaven 5y ago
> All content is fragmented, encrypted, and hashed before it's distributed across the network. If a peer ever receives a file piece from a peer and that piece's hash doesn't match the expected hash, it's dropped along with the connection to that peer. So, depending on the hashing algorithm, an adversary could use a hash collision to circumvent this, right?