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Look like a great but dangerous tool. Stealing users bandwidth and publishing users IPs is a no go, but it could be really handy for online games and other web
by noptic 13y ago
Look like a great but dangerous tool.
Stealing users bandwidth and publishing users IPs is a no go,
but it could be really handy for online games and other web applications with lots of assets.
"To improve server performance game data may be transfered from your browser to other players. Other players might see your IP."
- abi 13y agoRight now, it's not anonymous but we're working on adding anonymity by relaying traffic through intermediate peers (like Tor). Re: stealing bandwidth, I feel like web apps are being held to a ridiculous standard compared to Desktop apps. If you download an app, does it explicitly ask you for permission to use your upload bandwidth? I've never had any app to do that. But, a lot of apps do use upload bandwidth. In fact, Spotify does P2P to serve a LOT of its content. Check out the stats from Spotify: http://torrentfreak.com/spotify-a-massive-p2p-network-blessed-by-record-labels-110617/ http://torrentfreak.com/spotify-a-massive-p2p-network-blesse... Ultimately, I think it's better for the web if the traffic is more decentralized because it renders sites hard to DDOS and censor. You can read more about this aspect of peerCDN in our Mozilla Ignite App here: https://mozillaignite.org/apps/479/ https://mozillaignite.org/apps/479/