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General Software Discussion / Re: Bywifi Video Accelerator
« on: February 10, 2009, 12:32 PM »
This looks really interesting, but it sets off some red lights on my spyware warning system.
They're establishing their own P2P network, used only by other users of the software? It's going to take a while for that network to grow until there's any benefit for most users, I'd think. Is it using bittorrent, gnutella, or some proprietary protocol?
Also, how are they setting up this network? What data is being communicated over it? Is there a central server orchestrating connections, and possibly keeping a list of what files I've downloaded? How much of my bandwidth will be used for sharing?
I'd want to know a little more about how this thing works before I'd let it loose on my hard drive, as good as it sounds.
They're establishing their own P2P network, used only by other users of the software? It's going to take a while for that network to grow until there's any benefit for most users, I'd think. Is it using bittorrent, gnutella, or some proprietary protocol?
Also, how are they setting up this network? What data is being communicated over it? Is there a central server orchestrating connections, and possibly keeping a list of what files I've downloaded? How much of my bandwidth will be used for sharing?
I'd want to know a little more about how this thing works before I'd let it loose on my hard drive, as good as it sounds.