Swappers using the popular file-sharing protocol BitTorrent are spied on constantly by monitoring services, some of them seeking to identify media pirates, researchers at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom reported Tuesday. Monitoring is particularly intense for files that are currently popular among sharers — less so with less popular files, reported a research team led by Tom Chothia of the School of Computer Science.
BitTorrent Sharers Beware: You Are Being Watched
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. September 5, 2012 09:51 AMSwappers using the popular file-sharing protocol BitTorrent are spied on constantly by monitoring services, some of them seeking to identify media pirates, researchers at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom reported Tuesday. Monitoring is particularly intense for files that are currently popular among sharers — less so with less popular files, reported a research team led by Tom Chothia of the School of Computer Science.